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July (shichigatsu)
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July (shichigatsu)
***** Location: Japan. Worldwide
***** Season: Late Summer
***** Category: Season
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Explanation
Haiku shichigatsu in the Edo period relates to the climate of present-day August,
but some festivals are dated in our present-day July.
. . Names of Japanese months and their meanings . .
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July---- Standing the Hot Weather
The rainy season being over, the real hot summer comes. July is the last part of summer on the calendar, but in fact, it is the hottest month in the year. Heated by the scorching sun and boiled by the water vapor of the air, all the things under the sun, animals and the plants, the human beings as well, must bear this hot weather breathing hard. However, the Japanese know well that this hot weather will promise the harvest in autumn, because they have lived in harmony with nature, not fighting against it.
The people have not only put up with heat in a passive way, grasping for breath, but also they have made ways for standing it by using their brains. Their ideas could be seen in such seasonal words as nouryou (enjoying the cool of the evening), hashii (sitting on the outdoor bench for getting cool), uchimizu (sprinkling water outside the house), and furin (a wind bell).
These ideas have been developted to the culture deeply related to the spirit of the Japanese. As for food, I think that the seasonal words like hiyayakko (tofu served cold), arai (slices of raw fish washed in cold water),and mizugai (sliced seaear served in cold water) are attained to the level of art by the wisdom for living. Don't you think so?
And the Japanese feel poetical sentiment on even such a negative word, meshi-sueru (cooked rice going bad), and use it as a seasonal word.
We feel joy and relief from yudachi (a summer afternoon shower), kaminari (thunder), niji (rainbow), shimizu (spring water), shitatari (a drop), and at the same time we recognize the beauty in the seasonal words like kumo no mine (gigantic columns of clouds), enten (heat of the sun) and have positively made a haiku on the subject of the above.
The haiku of July is characterised by many seasonal words on sickness and health, such as asemo (prickly heat), mizumushi (athlete's foot), kakke (beriberi), shokiatari (suffer from the heat), natsuyase (losing weight in summer), nebie (a cold caught in spleep), natukaze (a cold caught in summer), sekiri (dysentery), nisshabyo (sunstroke), kakuran (cholera nostras) and so on.
Nowadays the Japanese prefer to live in the room airtight by air conditioner and have only a few chances to contact with nature, don't they? I think that we should place value on the sturdiness ,the wisdom, and the sense of beauty of the old people ,who have spent their life with nature, which have been heighten to the refined culture.
Inahata Teiko
.. kyoshi 12month/
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Worldwide use
Southern Hemisphere, Tropics ...
Adjustments for each region must be made.
Calendar reference kigo
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Things found on the way
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HAIKU
七月や白装束の登拝祭
shichigatsu ya shiro shoosoku no tohaisai
july is here !
mountain climbing ceremony
in white robes
大類 匡光 Masateru Ohrui
俳句の試み
Ceremony of Climbing Mt. Nantai
WKD: Climbing Mt. Nantai Ceremony
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Related words
***** Calendar reference kigo
. . . . SUMMER
the complete SAIJIKI
. WKD : July - KIGO CALENDAR .
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July (shichigatsu)
***** Location: Japan. Worldwide
***** Season: Late Summer
***** Category: Season
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Explanation
Haiku shichigatsu in the Edo period relates to the climate of present-day August,
but some festivals are dated in our present-day July.
. . Names of Japanese months and their meanings . .
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July---- Standing the Hot Weather
The rainy season being over, the real hot summer comes. July is the last part of summer on the calendar, but in fact, it is the hottest month in the year. Heated by the scorching sun and boiled by the water vapor of the air, all the things under the sun, animals and the plants, the human beings as well, must bear this hot weather breathing hard. However, the Japanese know well that this hot weather will promise the harvest in autumn, because they have lived in harmony with nature, not fighting against it.
The people have not only put up with heat in a passive way, grasping for breath, but also they have made ways for standing it by using their brains. Their ideas could be seen in such seasonal words as nouryou (enjoying the cool of the evening), hashii (sitting on the outdoor bench for getting cool), uchimizu (sprinkling water outside the house), and furin (a wind bell).
These ideas have been developted to the culture deeply related to the spirit of the Japanese. As for food, I think that the seasonal words like hiyayakko (tofu served cold), arai (slices of raw fish washed in cold water),and mizugai (sliced seaear served in cold water) are attained to the level of art by the wisdom for living. Don't you think so?
And the Japanese feel poetical sentiment on even such a negative word, meshi-sueru (cooked rice going bad), and use it as a seasonal word.
We feel joy and relief from yudachi (a summer afternoon shower), kaminari (thunder), niji (rainbow), shimizu (spring water), shitatari (a drop), and at the same time we recognize the beauty in the seasonal words like kumo no mine (gigantic columns of clouds), enten (heat of the sun) and have positively made a haiku on the subject of the above.
The haiku of July is characterised by many seasonal words on sickness and health, such as asemo (prickly heat), mizumushi (athlete's foot), kakke (beriberi), shokiatari (suffer from the heat), natsuyase (losing weight in summer), nebie (a cold caught in spleep), natukaze (a cold caught in summer), sekiri (dysentery), nisshabyo (sunstroke), kakuran (cholera nostras) and so on.
Nowadays the Japanese prefer to live in the room airtight by air conditioner and have only a few chances to contact with nature, don't they? I think that we should place value on the sturdiness ,the wisdom, and the sense of beauty of the old people ,who have spent their life with nature, which have been heighten to the refined culture.
Inahata Teiko
.. kyoshi 12month/
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Worldwide use
Southern Hemisphere, Tropics ...
Adjustments for each region must be made.
Calendar reference kigo
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Things found on the way
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HAIKU
七月や白装束の登拝祭
shichigatsu ya shiro shoosoku no tohaisai
july is here !
mountain climbing ceremony
in white robes
大類 匡光 Masateru Ohrui
俳句の試み
Ceremony of Climbing Mt. Nantai
WKD: Climbing Mt. Nantai Ceremony
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Related words
***** Calendar reference kigo
. . . . SUMMER
the complete SAIJIKI
. WKD : July - KIGO CALENDAR .
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Juggernaut Festival (Jagannath) India
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Juggernaut Festival (Jagannath) , India
***** Location: India, Orissa State, Puri
***** Season: Monsoon
***** Category: Observance
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Explanation
Jaggan-Nathji , Trinity of
Krishna, his brother and sister
Juggernaut the dictionary tells, is "any massive inexorable force that advances crushing whatever is in the path". The word has evolved from Jagannath, the diety of the famous shrine at Puri, which the British could not pronounce correctly. The car (ratha or chariot) of Jagannath is such an enormous and unwieldy construction that it requires thousands of people to pull it in procession.
The temple of Jagannath of Puri is situated in the state of Orissa in the Eastern Coast of India. The whole of eastern coast of India was populated with natives and the wooden image of Jagannath (a form of Lord Krishna) might originally have been a tribal shrine. Most of the tribal gods and monuments are wooden sculptures. The temple of Jagannath was constructed in the 12 the century by Choda Gangaraja (1078-1150 AD) of Eastern Ganga dynasty, of Talakad and which is in present day Karnataka.
The main idols of this temple are Jagannath, his brother Balabhadra (a/ka. Balarama) and his sister Subhadra- a peculiar trinity. The festival of Ashada ShuklaDwadashi (happens to be on July 11th of 2003) is dedicated to them. A very big festival or jatra takes place and hundreds and thousands of devotees through out the country assemble to pay respects. Three thousand priests help them in conducting the various rituals. The three rathas ( temple cars) built of various trees constructed in parts from traditional tools as was done thousands of years ago. Every year new Rathas are built and after the festival they are dismembered. The parts are later used to make wooden artifacts.
There is no untouchability in the temple premises. Poorest and the downtrodden can freely worship and offer the humble fare of khichadi to Lord Jagannath in earthen pots. This is the universal offering in this temple. This free and open entry has given room to the belief that formerly Jagannath was a Buddhist shrine representing Buddha, Dharma and Sangha- The Buddhist Holy Trinity. A small casket supposed to contain asthi (ashes) of Lord Krishna is inserted in the wooden body of Jagannath every twelve years, again confirming the guess that earlier it could have been a Buddhist stupa, containing holy relics of Buddha. True to Hindu tradition of Pantheon, known to absorb all cults and practices of other faiths with variations, tenets of Buddhism might have been amalgamated along with tribal traits.
This idea must have been at the root of the
Trinity of Krishna, his brother and sister.
The Rathotsavam (or driving of chariots) of Jagannath from the temple to sea beach is a distance of two miles. It’s a mammoth affair indeed of three huge and strong rathas with sixteen, fourteen and twelve wheels made for the occasion drawn specially at this time. It must be an Herculean task!
Gandhi rightly observed that places of pilgrimage in four corners of India kept the countrymen together. These shrines common to all Hindus made them travel long distances, to interact with local people, forgetting the entire strain and travails of the entire journey. People offered heartfelt gratitude to each different deity in their own way.
http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/nindia/orissa/jaganath.htm
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The temperature in Orissa at this time of year can be more than 40 degrees centigrade. And the crowd gets really heated up with holy excitement. Some old men (babu) in white cloths walk around with a water tank on their back and pump water to spray over the heads of the crowd. Read my haiku about this scene.
This festival usually usheres in the Monsoon season, that brings the rains so necessary for the rural areas.
Gabi Greve
Here is an old picture of the Juggernaut Temple in Orissa.
http://www.wmcarey.edu/carey/portraits/
Shree Jagannatha is the "Immovable Lord of the Universe." He is a primal expansion of Lord Vishnu, second in the Vedic Trinity of Brahma (Creator) Vishnu (Sustainer) and Shiva (Transformer) and, for at least the past five thousand years, is greatly beloved throughout the Indian subcontinent. The fourth of India's four holiest temples is dedicated to Him (Jagannatha Puri). Now, thanks in part to the universal awakening of eclectic universalism in its many forms, His popularity is quickly expanding throughout the entire world.
http://members.tripod.com/~Jagannatha/srijag.html
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Read more about this famous festival here:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Darumasan-Japan/message/307
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Worldwide use
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Things found on the way
Amazing collection of old pictures from the time of the Brithsh Rajh in India and more.
http://www.wmcarey.edu/carey/portraits/portraits.htm
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In modern English and American English, the word Juggernaut has more meanings, it also appears as a figure in comic books. Many modern Haiku make use of this meaning, which does not relate directly to the kigo.
The Free Dicitionary
juggernaut - a massive inexorable force that seems to crush everything in its way
an avatar of Vishnu
a crude idol of Krishna
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Juggernaut
Spelling Center
The term juggernaut is used to describe any literal or metaphorical force regarded as unstoppable; that will crush all in its path.
http://www.spellingcenter.com/juggernaught
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Juggernaut
Juggernaut in the comics
is a ficitonal character in Marvel Comics' universe, a former supervillain of incredible power and durability.
Juggernaut is an avatar of the extra-dimensional "god" Cyttorak. His is gifted with infinite strength, stamina, and durability, and cannot be stopped by outside forces when he is in motion. Juggernaut does not need to eat, sleep, or breathe. His armor is made of a metal found only in the dimension in which Cyttorak resides, and the helmet is impenetrable to mind-influencing effects.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juggernaut_(comics)
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HAIKU
jagannaatho
yoga-nidraayaam
jagat trasati
trinaagre
Jagannatha
in yoga–nidra
the jagat throbs
on a grass tip
Jagannaatha [ Jagat + Naatha ] ~ Lord of The Universes
yoga-nidra ~ divine cosmic slumber of Vishnu, the All Pervasive Lord ~
jagat ~ all Universes containing all that is born
.. .. .. .. Narayanan
"ja" is a power root means life, giving birth etc.
Examples ~
jan'mam ~ Life
jana'nam ~ Birth
jan'ani ~ Mother , Divine Earth
jan'thu ~ Being
janaa: People
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Juggernaut Festival -
the babu sprays water
over the crowd
Gabi Greve
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crossroads
the black juggernaut
trips the guide wire
Kara
http://lookingforthesun.blogspot.com/2004/04/crossroads-black-juggernaut-trips.html
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Related words
***** Krishna Janmashtami
The birthday of Hinduism's favorite Lord Krishna
Krishna took birth at midnight on the ashtami or the 8th day of the Krishnapaksha or dark fortnight in the Hindu month of Shravan (August-September).
This auspicious day is called Janmashtami.
source : hinduism.about.com
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***** Monsoon ..(India, South Asia)
***** Divali (Diwali, India)
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Juggernaut Festival (Jagannath) , India
***** Location: India, Orissa State, Puri
***** Season: Monsoon
***** Category: Observance
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Explanation
Jaggan-Nathji , Trinity of
Krishna, his brother and sister
Juggernaut the dictionary tells, is "any massive inexorable force that advances crushing whatever is in the path". The word has evolved from Jagannath, the diety of the famous shrine at Puri, which the British could not pronounce correctly. The car (ratha or chariot) of Jagannath is such an enormous and unwieldy construction that it requires thousands of people to pull it in procession.
The temple of Jagannath of Puri is situated in the state of Orissa in the Eastern Coast of India. The whole of eastern coast of India was populated with natives and the wooden image of Jagannath (a form of Lord Krishna) might originally have been a tribal shrine. Most of the tribal gods and monuments are wooden sculptures. The temple of Jagannath was constructed in the 12 the century by Choda Gangaraja (1078-1150 AD) of Eastern Ganga dynasty, of Talakad and which is in present day Karnataka.
The main idols of this temple are Jagannath, his brother Balabhadra (a/ka. Balarama) and his sister Subhadra- a peculiar trinity. The festival of Ashada ShuklaDwadashi (happens to be on July 11th of 2003) is dedicated to them. A very big festival or jatra takes place and hundreds and thousands of devotees through out the country assemble to pay respects. Three thousand priests help them in conducting the various rituals. The three rathas ( temple cars) built of various trees constructed in parts from traditional tools as was done thousands of years ago. Every year new Rathas are built and after the festival they are dismembered. The parts are later used to make wooden artifacts.
There is no untouchability in the temple premises. Poorest and the downtrodden can freely worship and offer the humble fare of khichadi to Lord Jagannath in earthen pots. This is the universal offering in this temple. This free and open entry has given room to the belief that formerly Jagannath was a Buddhist shrine representing Buddha, Dharma and Sangha- The Buddhist Holy Trinity. A small casket supposed to contain asthi (ashes) of Lord Krishna is inserted in the wooden body of Jagannath every twelve years, again confirming the guess that earlier it could have been a Buddhist stupa, containing holy relics of Buddha. True to Hindu tradition of Pantheon, known to absorb all cults and practices of other faiths with variations, tenets of Buddhism might have been amalgamated along with tribal traits.
This idea must have been at the root of the
Trinity of Krishna, his brother and sister.
The Rathotsavam (or driving of chariots) of Jagannath from the temple to sea beach is a distance of two miles. It’s a mammoth affair indeed of three huge and strong rathas with sixteen, fourteen and twelve wheels made for the occasion drawn specially at this time. It must be an Herculean task!
Gandhi rightly observed that places of pilgrimage in four corners of India kept the countrymen together. These shrines common to all Hindus made them travel long distances, to interact with local people, forgetting the entire strain and travails of the entire journey. People offered heartfelt gratitude to each different deity in their own way.
http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/nindia/orissa/jaganath.htm
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
The temperature in Orissa at this time of year can be more than 40 degrees centigrade. And the crowd gets really heated up with holy excitement. Some old men (babu) in white cloths walk around with a water tank on their back and pump water to spray over the heads of the crowd. Read my haiku about this scene.
This festival usually usheres in the Monsoon season, that brings the rains so necessary for the rural areas.
Gabi Greve
Here is an old picture of the Juggernaut Temple in Orissa.
http://www.wmcarey.edu/carey/portraits/
Shree Jagannatha is the "Immovable Lord of the Universe." He is a primal expansion of Lord Vishnu, second in the Vedic Trinity of Brahma (Creator) Vishnu (Sustainer) and Shiva (Transformer) and, for at least the past five thousand years, is greatly beloved throughout the Indian subcontinent. The fourth of India's four holiest temples is dedicated to Him (Jagannatha Puri). Now, thanks in part to the universal awakening of eclectic universalism in its many forms, His popularity is quickly expanding throughout the entire world.
http://members.tripod.com/~Jagannatha/srijag.html
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Read more about this famous festival here:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Darumasan-Japan/message/307
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Worldwide use
*****************************
Things found on the way
Amazing collection of old pictures from the time of the Brithsh Rajh in India and more.
http://www.wmcarey.edu/carey/portraits/portraits.htm
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In modern English and American English, the word Juggernaut has more meanings, it also appears as a figure in comic books. Many modern Haiku make use of this meaning, which does not relate directly to the kigo.
The Free Dicitionary
juggernaut - a massive inexorable force that seems to crush everything in its way
an avatar of Vishnu
a crude idol of Krishna
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Juggernaut
Spelling Center
The term juggernaut is used to describe any literal or metaphorical force regarded as unstoppable; that will crush all in its path.
http://www.spellingcenter.com/juggernaught
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Juggernaut
Juggernaut in the comics
is a ficitonal character in Marvel Comics' universe, a former supervillain of incredible power and durability.
Juggernaut is an avatar of the extra-dimensional "god" Cyttorak. His is gifted with infinite strength, stamina, and durability, and cannot be stopped by outside forces when he is in motion. Juggernaut does not need to eat, sleep, or breathe. His armor is made of a metal found only in the dimension in which Cyttorak resides, and the helmet is impenetrable to mind-influencing effects.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juggernaut_(comics)
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HAIKU
jagannaatho
yoga-nidraayaam
jagat trasati
trinaagre
Jagannatha
in yoga–nidra
the jagat throbs
on a grass tip
Jagannaatha [ Jagat + Naatha ] ~ Lord of The Universes
yoga-nidra ~ divine cosmic slumber of Vishnu, the All Pervasive Lord ~
jagat ~ all Universes containing all that is born
.. .. .. .. Narayanan
"ja" is a power root means life, giving birth etc.
Examples ~
jan'mam ~ Life
jana'nam ~ Birth
jan'ani ~ Mother , Divine Earth
jan'thu ~ Being
janaa: People
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Juggernaut Festival -
the babu sprays water
over the crowd
Gabi Greve
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
crossroads
the black juggernaut
trips the guide wire
Kara
http://lookingforthesun.blogspot.com/2004/04/crossroads-black-juggernaut-trips.html
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Related words
***** Krishna Janmashtami
The birthday of Hinduism's favorite Lord Krishna
Krishna took birth at midnight on the ashtami or the 8th day of the Krishnapaksha or dark fortnight in the Hindu month of Shravan (August-September).
This auspicious day is called Janmashtami.
source : hinduism.about.com
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***** Monsoon ..(India, South Asia)
***** Divali (Diwali, India)
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10/02/2005
January
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January
***** Location: Japan
***** Season: Late Winter
***** Category: Season
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Explanation
Haiku ichigatsu in the Edo period relates to the climate of present-day February,
but some festivals are dated in our present-day January.
. . Names of Japanese months and their meanings . .
the first lunar month is
. Mutsuki 睦月 (むつき) - Sociable Month
shoogatsu, 正月 the New Year
January 1 till 15, the first half of the first lunar month
. New Year ... a Haiku season of its own
. The First Lunar Month 一月 ichigatsu - 睦月 mutsuki - in Edo .
. . . . WINTER - the complete SAIJIKI
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Facing to the Coldest Season ... January
ichigatsu 一月
January is the first month of a year. The meaning of the word, "the first" gives us a new and strong impression. Accordingly, the arrival of a new year makes us feel ourselves refreshed. And also we are conscious that all the things surrounding us come to be fresh. If you refer to the "Saijiki", you will find many seasonal words about the New Year listed in the book, and you can easily understand what I have said in the above phrases.
It is supposed that perhaps the Japanese people have respected all the creations as to be pure and to be revived in the New Year, and have made up their mind to start their own new life with a new resolution. Through pious praying, they strongly hope to be happy and to lead a full life in the new year by clearing up the past which they could not be satisfied with. For this reason we pay special attention to some words by putting suffix of hajime, hatsu or zome, which mean first, on the head or the end of the words of daily work or life, such as Shigotohajime(first working), Kuwahajime(first farming), Ryohajime(first fishing), Nuihajime(first sewing), Urihajime(first selling). We put hatsu onto the words of nature, such as Hatsuhi(first Sun), Hatsuzora(first sky), Hatsuhikari(first light of the Sun) so as to express our respect to Nature of the New Year.
January is also the extremely cold season in a year. Shoukan(less cold) fall on the 15th day after Touji(winter solstice). It is on about January the 6th. Kan(cold season) continues from Shoukan to the day before of Risshun(the first day of spring). So we refer to the period of these 30 days as Kan-no-uchi(midwinter) from Kan-no-iri(beginning of midwinter) to Kan-ake(the end of cold season). Daikan(great cold) is on the 15th day, around January 20th after Shoukan. It is by far the coldest through the year. It is wrong to refer to these 15 days between Shoukan and Daikan as Shoukan. Either Shoukan or Daikan shows only one day of the twenty four designated seasonal days, so now let's learn correctly how to use each word.
The seasonal words of January are almost connected with Kan-no-uchi except those of the New Year. So we feel severe coldness from the seasonal words even if they sound enjoyable and lovely, such as Kazahana(snow flakes), Yukibare(clear sky between snowfall), Kangetsu (cold moon), Fuyusoubi(winter rose), Kanbeni(rouge of winter). And also we feel the coldness from the clear sound of seasonal words such as sayuru(make clear) and iteru(freeze), which beautifully and accurately express its feeling even if they are apart from their original meanings.
Inahata Teiko
http://www.kyoshi.or.jp/12month/12month-1.htm
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Japan in January
Great link with many customs and events
http://www.bookmice.net/darkchilde/japan/jjan.html
Japanese Festivals
January .. .. February .. .. March .. .. April .. .. May .. .. June .. .. July .. .. August .. .. September .. .. October .. .. November .. .. December
http://www.bookmice.net/darkchilde/japan/jfestival.html
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Worldwide use
Australia
kigo for summer
Southern Hemisphere, Tropics ...
Adjustments for each region must be made.
Calendar reference kigo
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Things found on the way
Poems, Quotes, Folklore Sayings, Links, References, Lore Ideas, Garden Chores
Compiled by Michael P. Garofalo
http://www.egreenway.com/months/monjan.htm
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HAIKU
The cut in this haiku gives it the space to create a great image. When it was first published in 1969, many traditional haiku poets rejected it because of this cut in the middle of line two.
Maybe he was too early for his time. Now this haiku is well accepted.
It seems Ryuuta was talking about a small brook behind his estate.
一月の川 一月の谷の中
ichigatsu no kawa
ichigatsu no tani no naka
river in January
in the middle of a valley in January
Iida Ryuta (Ryûta) 飯田龍太
Tr. Gabi Greve
Il n'y a qu'un fleuve
Au milieu de la vallée...
Premier mois de l'année.
© tr. Laurent Mabesoone
январская
река по январской
долине
© Haiku Mena
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January first -
the children teased by
sparse snowflakes
Carole MacRury, WHCworkshop
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Here in texas, we get snow rarely and little. it makes it all the more remarkable.
january snowstorm
snow epaulettes
on the stone eagle
january morning
lawn chairs crosshatched
with snow
january sunrise
a loaf of snow
on the strawberry jar
january sunrise
turning thin fog
golden
susan delphine delaney
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January noon
muezzin's call to prayer
rises and floats
That was in the city centre today -- a most beautiful call, which seemed to evaporate into the noontime heat and spread all over the city.
Isabelle Prondzynski (Nairobi, Kenya)
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Haiku for January
by Victor P. Gendrano
http://www.geocities.com/vgendrano/janhaiku.html
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Haiku from January 2003
by Gary Warner
http://www.haikuworld.org/gary/jan2003.gar.html
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Aozora haiku publication : January 2003
Editor : Jasminka Nadaskic Diordievic, and submissions (s)
http://www.tempslibres.org/aozora/en/hpub/pub0301.html
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A Japanese Garden of Verse
january snow
memories of years gone by
rain and warm winds blow
Lotus
http://www.webcom.com/~erique/haiku/haiku199.html
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a rose is
a rose is a rose -
January rose
Gabi Greve, January 2006
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Related words
***** January in Kenya
***** New Year
a Haiku season in itself
. WKD : January - KIGO CALENDAR .
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January
***** Location: Japan
***** Season: Late Winter
***** Category: Season
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Explanation
Haiku ichigatsu in the Edo period relates to the climate of present-day February,
but some festivals are dated in our present-day January.
. . Names of Japanese months and their meanings . .
the first lunar month is
. Mutsuki 睦月 (むつき) - Sociable Month
shoogatsu, 正月 the New Year
January 1 till 15, the first half of the first lunar month
. New Year ... a Haiku season of its own
. The First Lunar Month 一月 ichigatsu - 睦月 mutsuki - in Edo .
. . . . WINTER - the complete SAIJIKI
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Facing to the Coldest Season ... January
ichigatsu 一月
January is the first month of a year. The meaning of the word, "the first" gives us a new and strong impression. Accordingly, the arrival of a new year makes us feel ourselves refreshed. And also we are conscious that all the things surrounding us come to be fresh. If you refer to the "Saijiki", you will find many seasonal words about the New Year listed in the book, and you can easily understand what I have said in the above phrases.
It is supposed that perhaps the Japanese people have respected all the creations as to be pure and to be revived in the New Year, and have made up their mind to start their own new life with a new resolution. Through pious praying, they strongly hope to be happy and to lead a full life in the new year by clearing up the past which they could not be satisfied with. For this reason we pay special attention to some words by putting suffix of hajime, hatsu or zome, which mean first, on the head or the end of the words of daily work or life, such as Shigotohajime(first working), Kuwahajime(first farming), Ryohajime(first fishing), Nuihajime(first sewing), Urihajime(first selling). We put hatsu onto the words of nature, such as Hatsuhi(first Sun), Hatsuzora(first sky), Hatsuhikari(first light of the Sun) so as to express our respect to Nature of the New Year.
January is also the extremely cold season in a year. Shoukan(less cold) fall on the 15th day after Touji(winter solstice). It is on about January the 6th. Kan(cold season) continues from Shoukan to the day before of Risshun(the first day of spring). So we refer to the period of these 30 days as Kan-no-uchi(midwinter) from Kan-no-iri(beginning of midwinter) to Kan-ake(the end of cold season). Daikan(great cold) is on the 15th day, around January 20th after Shoukan. It is by far the coldest through the year. It is wrong to refer to these 15 days between Shoukan and Daikan as Shoukan. Either Shoukan or Daikan shows only one day of the twenty four designated seasonal days, so now let's learn correctly how to use each word.
The seasonal words of January are almost connected with Kan-no-uchi except those of the New Year. So we feel severe coldness from the seasonal words even if they sound enjoyable and lovely, such as Kazahana(snow flakes), Yukibare(clear sky between snowfall), Kangetsu (cold moon), Fuyusoubi(winter rose), Kanbeni(rouge of winter). And also we feel the coldness from the clear sound of seasonal words such as sayuru(make clear) and iteru(freeze), which beautifully and accurately express its feeling even if they are apart from their original meanings.
Inahata Teiko
http://www.kyoshi.or.jp/12month/12month-1.htm
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Japan in January
Great link with many customs and events
http://www.bookmice.net/darkchilde/japan/jjan.html
Japanese Festivals
January .. .. February .. .. March .. .. April .. .. May .. .. June .. .. July .. .. August .. .. September .. .. October .. .. November .. .. December
http://www.bookmice.net/darkchilde/japan/jfestival.html
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Worldwide use
Australia
kigo for summer
Southern Hemisphere, Tropics ...
Adjustments for each region must be made.
Calendar reference kigo
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Things found on the way
Poems, Quotes, Folklore Sayings, Links, References, Lore Ideas, Garden Chores
January is here, with eyes that keenly glow,
A frost-mailed warrior
striding a shadowy steed of snow.
Edgar FawcettCompiled by Michael P. Garofalo
http://www.egreenway.com/months/monjan.htm
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HAIKU
The cut in this haiku gives it the space to create a great image. When it was first published in 1969, many traditional haiku poets rejected it because of this cut in the middle of line two.
Maybe he was too early for his time. Now this haiku is well accepted.
It seems Ryuuta was talking about a small brook behind his estate.
一月の川 一月の谷の中
ichigatsu no kawa
ichigatsu no tani no naka
river in January
in the middle of a valley in January
Iida Ryuta (Ryûta) 飯田龍太
Tr. Gabi Greve
Il n'y a qu'un fleuve
Au milieu de la vallée...
Premier mois de l'année.
© tr. Laurent Mabesoone
январская
река по январской
долине
© Haiku Mena
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January first -
the children teased by
sparse snowflakes
Carole MacRury, WHCworkshop
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Here in texas, we get snow rarely and little. it makes it all the more remarkable.
january snowstorm
snow epaulettes
on the stone eagle
january morning
lawn chairs crosshatched
with snow
january sunrise
a loaf of snow
on the strawberry jar
january sunrise
turning thin fog
golden
susan delphine delaney
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January noon
muezzin's call to prayer
rises and floats
That was in the city centre today -- a most beautiful call, which seemed to evaporate into the noontime heat and spread all over the city.
Isabelle Prondzynski (Nairobi, Kenya)
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Haiku for January
by Victor P. Gendrano
http://www.geocities.com/vgendrano/janhaiku.html
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Haiku from January 2003
by Gary Warner
http://www.haikuworld.org/gary/jan2003.gar.html
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Aozora haiku publication : January 2003
Editor : Jasminka Nadaskic Diordievic, and submissions (s)
http://www.tempslibres.org/aozora/en/hpub/pub0301.html
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A Japanese Garden of Verse
january snow
memories of years gone by
rain and warm winds blow
Lotus
http://www.webcom.com/~erique/haiku/haiku199.html
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a rose is
a rose is a rose -
January rose
Gabi Greve, January 2006
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Related words
***** January in Kenya
***** New Year
a Haiku season in itself
. WKD : January - KIGO CALENDAR .
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Jacaranda (tropical tree)
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Jacaranda (tropical tree)
***** Location: Tropics
***** Season: Tropical Long Rain (Kenya)
.....................various in other regions
***** Category: Plant
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Explanation
The Jacaranda tree puts on a breathtaking floral display. Its vivid lilac-blue clusters of trumpet shaped blossoms appear in the summer, later falling to the earth carpeting the ground with a mass of color. It is said that if you are walking underneath the Jacaranda tree and one of the trumpet blossoms falls on your head you will be favored by fortune.
The Jacaranda tree is striking when it’s lilac-blue floral show dominates the landscape, December in Melbourne. Many people believe this tree to be native to Australia but its origin is Brazil and other parts of tropical and sub-tropical South America. It is naturally found in the high and dry deserts of Brazil thus in Melbourne after a dryer year floral displays are better.
Jacarandas prefer a warm coastal climate that is frost-free or where light frost occurs. J. mimosifolia will grow well in the suburbs of Melbourne where the average rainfall exceeds about 650mm.
http://www.hellohello.com.au/Jacaranda.html
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Pretoria -- the Jacaranda City
The administrative capital of South Africa, Pretoria / Tshwane lies about 50 km north of Johannesburg. The population, just under a million, consists mainly of officials, and in Pretoria life goes at a much slower pace than in the hectic Johannesburg. It is quite easy for the visitor to find his or her way through the city, which is laid out like a chess board. Pretoria lies 1367 m above sea level, which makes it about 400 m lower than Johannesburg. It is surrounded by protecting mountains. The climate is subtropical with hot, wet summers and relatively mild, dry winters.
The nicest time for a visit is spring, when in October more than 70,000 Jacaranda trees are in full bloom. Then the whole town is one big purple-coloured and sweet-smelling sea of blossoms. The exotic trees were imported from South America some 100 years ago and gave the town its nickname: "Jacaranda City."
http://www.southafrica-travel.net/north/a1pret02.htm
Pretoria is the capital of South Africa.
Every year in mid October 68000 jacaranda trees bloom in a riot of lilac colors.
The city's center piece is the beautifully situated Union Building, where the Presidents offices are located. The beautiful gardens surrounding it are a great tourist attraction. They are often used concert with famous name musicians.
http://www.africatickets.com/africapages/jensen/pretoria.shtml
http://www.pta.co.za
http://www.jacaranda.suite.dk/serv02.htm
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..... Some Biological Facts
Taxonomy
Current name: Jacaranda mimosifolia
Authority: D. Don
Family: Bignoniaceae
Synonym(s)
Jacaranda acutifolia Humb. & Bonpl.
Jacaranda ovalifolia R. Br.
Common names
(Amharic) : yetebmenja zaf
(Creole) : flabwayan ble, jakaranda
(English) : Brazilian rose wood, jacaranda, mimosa-leaved jacaranda
(French) : flambouyant bleu
(Spanish) : flamboy·n azul, gualanolay, jacarand, tarco
(Tigrigna) : palasandro
Botanic description
Jacaranda mimosifolia is a deciduous tree up to 20 m in height with spreading branches making a light crown. Bark pale brown and furrowed, transverse cracks dividing the ridges between the furrows into long, narrow scales. The bole almost always short and malformed, and up to 40-50 cm in diameter. Leaves compound and feathery on a stalk to 40 cm; up to 30 pairs of pinnae bearing small, pointed leaflets. Flowers striking blue-violet, in clusters, each flower bell shaped, to 4 cm, usually on the bare tree before leaf growth.
Fruit a rounded woody capsule to 7 cm across with a wavy edge, brown-black when mature, splitting on the tree to set free many light-winged seeds. Capsules may hang on the tree for up to 2 years. The generic name is a latinized form of an aboriginal name used in Brazil.
..... Ecology and distribution
History of cultivation
Jacaranda is native to Brazil and Argentina but has been introduced as an ornamental in most parts of the tropics, though in many tropical climates its flowering is light, irregular and disappointing. It was introduced to Kenya in 1907 to the Nairobi Arboretum and is now an outstanding ornamental tree of the city and district, where it flowers when leafless.
Natural Habitat
J. mimosifolia prefers highland areas but can also grow in some drier ones. It is frost tender when young. A deep-rooted, greedy feeder so that few plants or crops can grow below it; therefore, best planted away from flowerbeds. Leaf fall is also considerable.
Geographic distribution
Native : Argentina, Brazil
Exotic : Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, French Guiana, Ghana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, South Africa, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Surinam, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United States of America, Venezuela, Virgin Islands (US), Zambia, Zimbabwe
Biophysical limits
Altitude: 500-2400 m, Mean annual temperature: Approximately 20 deg. C, Mean annual rainfall: 900-1300 mm or more. Soil type: Grows best on well-drained sandy loam soils, although it will also survive on poor shallow soils. It does not tolerate waterlogged or clay soils.
http://www.worldagroforestry.org/sea/Products/AFDbases/AF/asp/SpeciesInfo.asp?SpID=1011
And another botanical page with illustrations of seed pod (often made into jewellery) and bark :
http://www.cuyamaca.net/oh170/Characteristic%20Pages/Jacaranda%20mimosifolia.asp
More photos :
http://www.botanical-online.com/florjacarandamimosifolia.htm
Several African cities are at their finest at the start of the Long Rains, October / November, when the jacarandas lining their main streets are in full bloom. Nairobi is spectacular at that time of year, having been planted with jacaranda in 1907, only a few years after its foundation. Whole valleys appear as though swathed in purple clouds.
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- Shared by Rosie Mann -
Joys of Japan, 2012
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Worldwide use
Australia
"People in Australia sing a Christmas song about Jacaranda trees, as the purple blooms are only seen in summer time - as the song explains,
"When the bloom of the jacaranda tree is here, Christmas time is near.""
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacaranda
kigo for summer
Australia's Tambourine Mountain
http://www.lanerealty.com.au/picJacaranda.html
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California
In California the jacaranda blooms in the wetter Winter.
Michael Baribeau
.............................. other haiku friends quote
Jacaranda really is a late spring-early summer kigo
also called
Green Ebony or Brazilian Rose Wood.
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Central America
"...blooming in March and April (the dry season, often called 'verano'- "summer" in Spanish-speaking Central America, and most equivalent to the season in temperate zones)."
Haiku World
An Internation Poetry Almanac
by William Higginson
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WHCworldkigo/message/736
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Europe
Jacaranda tree in Europe = southern part of Europe a season word in April till June, spring to summer.
Erika Schwalm
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Hawaii
Beautiful Photos !
http://www.mauigateway.com/~donjusko/jacarandaphotos.htm
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Kenya
jacaranda blossoms
topic for haiku
jacaranda shedding its leaves
kigo for the cold dry season
a sea of gold
around my feet --
jacaranda leaflets
ripples of gold
against the sky --
jacaranda leaflets
Isabelle Prondzynski, August 2010
jacaranda leaves
golden on the roadside--
a sudden breeze
Patrick Wafula
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Mexico
kigo for these seasons
early spring - blue flowers, Jacaranda blossoms
late spring, summer and autumn - tiny green leaves
winter - bare braches
israel balan
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Uruguay
jacarandas bloom in spring (september-december) .
In my neighborhood there are plenty of them.
Carlos Fleitas
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Things found on the way
A touching story
The Jacaranda Tree
by Oenone Still
http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/babyfather/stories/jacaranda_tree.shtml
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Jacaranda wood
made into beautiful furniture in Brazil and Portugal, and carved into figures such as these in Zimbabwe.
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HAIKU
Slum roof
showered in purple petals --
jacaranda spreading above.
Jacaranda road,
trees light and green -- and always
one out of season.
Autumn loneliness –
jacaranda blossom time
fnds me in my dreams...
Isabelle Prondzynski
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jacarandáa
ti también te gusta
la luz de otoño
... ... ... early evening stroll
... ... ... among the jacaranda flowers
... ... ... the crescent moon
Carlos Fleitas
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the sky
interlaced in deeper blue -
jacaranda
hortensia anderson
There are more haiku about this flower in the Shiki Archives.
http://haiku.cc.ehime-u.ac.jp/~shiki/shiki.archive/html/0006/0250.html
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a vase
of jacaranda blossoms-
the rosewood table
Michael Baribeau
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blue sky -
jacaranda blue flowers
fall...
Israel Lopez Balan
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Haiga by Shanna Moore, Hawaii
WKD : Hawaii Saijiki
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Related words
KENYA SAIJIKI
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Jacaranda (tropical tree)
***** Location: Tropics
***** Season: Tropical Long Rain (Kenya)
.....................various in other regions
***** Category: Plant
*****************************
Explanation
The Jacaranda tree puts on a breathtaking floral display. Its vivid lilac-blue clusters of trumpet shaped blossoms appear in the summer, later falling to the earth carpeting the ground with a mass of color. It is said that if you are walking underneath the Jacaranda tree and one of the trumpet blossoms falls on your head you will be favored by fortune.
The Jacaranda tree is striking when it’s lilac-blue floral show dominates the landscape, December in Melbourne. Many people believe this tree to be native to Australia but its origin is Brazil and other parts of tropical and sub-tropical South America. It is naturally found in the high and dry deserts of Brazil thus in Melbourne after a dryer year floral displays are better.
Jacarandas prefer a warm coastal climate that is frost-free or where light frost occurs. J. mimosifolia will grow well in the suburbs of Melbourne where the average rainfall exceeds about 650mm.
http://www.hellohello.com.au/Jacaranda.html
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Pretoria -- the Jacaranda City
The administrative capital of South Africa, Pretoria / Tshwane lies about 50 km north of Johannesburg. The population, just under a million, consists mainly of officials, and in Pretoria life goes at a much slower pace than in the hectic Johannesburg. It is quite easy for the visitor to find his or her way through the city, which is laid out like a chess board. Pretoria lies 1367 m above sea level, which makes it about 400 m lower than Johannesburg. It is surrounded by protecting mountains. The climate is subtropical with hot, wet summers and relatively mild, dry winters.
The nicest time for a visit is spring, when in October more than 70,000 Jacaranda trees are in full bloom. Then the whole town is one big purple-coloured and sweet-smelling sea of blossoms. The exotic trees were imported from South America some 100 years ago and gave the town its nickname: "Jacaranda City."
http://www.southafrica-travel.net/north/a1pret02.htm
Pretoria is the capital of South Africa.
Every year in mid October 68000 jacaranda trees bloom in a riot of lilac colors.
The city's center piece is the beautifully situated Union Building, where the Presidents offices are located. The beautiful gardens surrounding it are a great tourist attraction. They are often used concert with famous name musicians.
http://www.africatickets.com/africapages/jensen/pretoria.shtml
http://www.pta.co.za
http://www.jacaranda.suite.dk/serv02.htm
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..... Some Biological Facts
Taxonomy
Current name: Jacaranda mimosifolia
Authority: D. Don
Family: Bignoniaceae
Synonym(s)
Jacaranda acutifolia Humb. & Bonpl.
Jacaranda ovalifolia R. Br.
Common names
(Amharic) : yetebmenja zaf
(Creole) : flabwayan ble, jakaranda
(English) : Brazilian rose wood, jacaranda, mimosa-leaved jacaranda
(French) : flambouyant bleu
(Spanish) : flamboy·n azul, gualanolay, jacarand, tarco
(Tigrigna) : palasandro
Botanic description
Jacaranda mimosifolia is a deciduous tree up to 20 m in height with spreading branches making a light crown. Bark pale brown and furrowed, transverse cracks dividing the ridges between the furrows into long, narrow scales. The bole almost always short and malformed, and up to 40-50 cm in diameter. Leaves compound and feathery on a stalk to 40 cm; up to 30 pairs of pinnae bearing small, pointed leaflets. Flowers striking blue-violet, in clusters, each flower bell shaped, to 4 cm, usually on the bare tree before leaf growth.
Fruit a rounded woody capsule to 7 cm across with a wavy edge, brown-black when mature, splitting on the tree to set free many light-winged seeds. Capsules may hang on the tree for up to 2 years. The generic name is a latinized form of an aboriginal name used in Brazil.
..... Ecology and distribution
History of cultivation
Jacaranda is native to Brazil and Argentina but has been introduced as an ornamental in most parts of the tropics, though in many tropical climates its flowering is light, irregular and disappointing. It was introduced to Kenya in 1907 to the Nairobi Arboretum and is now an outstanding ornamental tree of the city and district, where it flowers when leafless.
Natural Habitat
J. mimosifolia prefers highland areas but can also grow in some drier ones. It is frost tender when young. A deep-rooted, greedy feeder so that few plants or crops can grow below it; therefore, best planted away from flowerbeds. Leaf fall is also considerable.
Geographic distribution
Native : Argentina, Brazil
Exotic : Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, French Guiana, Ghana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, South Africa, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Surinam, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United States of America, Venezuela, Virgin Islands (US), Zambia, Zimbabwe
Biophysical limits
Altitude: 500-2400 m, Mean annual temperature: Approximately 20 deg. C, Mean annual rainfall: 900-1300 mm or more. Soil type: Grows best on well-drained sandy loam soils, although it will also survive on poor shallow soils. It does not tolerate waterlogged or clay soils.
http://www.worldagroforestry.org/sea/Products/AFDbases/AF/asp/SpeciesInfo.asp?SpID=1011
And another botanical page with illustrations of seed pod (often made into jewellery) and bark :
http://www.cuyamaca.net/oh170/Characteristic%20Pages/Jacaranda%20mimosifolia.asp
More photos :
http://www.botanical-online.com/florjacarandamimosifolia.htm
Several African cities are at their finest at the start of the Long Rains, October / November, when the jacarandas lining their main streets are in full bloom. Nairobi is spectacular at that time of year, having been planted with jacaranda in 1907, only a few years after its foundation. Whole valleys appear as though swathed in purple clouds.
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- Shared by Rosie Mann -
Joys of Japan, 2012
*****************************
Worldwide use
Australia
"People in Australia sing a Christmas song about Jacaranda trees, as the purple blooms are only seen in summer time - as the song explains,
"When the bloom of the jacaranda tree is here, Christmas time is near.""
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacaranda
kigo for summer
Australia's Tambourine Mountain
http://www.lanerealty.com.au/picJacaranda.html
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California
In California the jacaranda blooms in the wetter Winter.
Michael Baribeau
.............................. other haiku friends quote
Jacaranda really is a late spring-early summer kigo
also called
Green Ebony or Brazilian Rose Wood.
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Central America
"...blooming in March and April (the dry season, often called 'verano'- "summer" in Spanish-speaking Central America, and most equivalent to the season in temperate zones)."
Haiku World
An Internation Poetry Almanac
by William Higginson
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WHCworldkigo/message/736
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Europe
Jacaranda tree in Europe = southern part of Europe a season word in April till June, spring to summer.
Erika Schwalm
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Hawaii
Beautiful Photos !
http://www.mauigateway.com/~donjusko/jacarandaphotos.htm
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Kenya
jacaranda blossoms
topic for haiku
jacaranda shedding its leaves
kigo for the cold dry season
a sea of gold
around my feet --
jacaranda leaflets
ripples of gold
against the sky --
jacaranda leaflets
Isabelle Prondzynski, August 2010
jacaranda leaves
golden on the roadside--
a sudden breeze
Patrick Wafula
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Mexico
kigo for these seasons
early spring - blue flowers, Jacaranda blossoms
late spring, summer and autumn - tiny green leaves
winter - bare braches
israel balan
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Uruguay
jacarandas bloom in spring (september-december) .
In my neighborhood there are plenty of them.
Carlos Fleitas
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Things found on the way
A touching story
The Jacaranda Tree
by Oenone Still
http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/babyfather/stories/jacaranda_tree.shtml
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Jacaranda wood
made into beautiful furniture in Brazil and Portugal, and carved into figures such as these in Zimbabwe.
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HAIKU
Slum roof
showered in purple petals --
jacaranda spreading above.
Jacaranda road,
trees light and green -- and always
one out of season.
Autumn loneliness –
jacaranda blossom time
fnds me in my dreams...
Isabelle Prondzynski
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jacarandáa
ti también te gusta
la luz de otoño
... ... ... early evening stroll
... ... ... among the jacaranda flowers
... ... ... the crescent moon
Carlos Fleitas
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the sky
interlaced in deeper blue -
jacaranda
hortensia anderson
There are more haiku about this flower in the Shiki Archives.
http://haiku.cc.ehime-u.ac.jp/~shiki/shiki.archive/html/0006/0250.html
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a vase
of jacaranda blossoms-
the rosewood table
Michael Baribeau
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blue sky -
jacaranda blue flowers
fall...
Israel Lopez Balan
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Haiga by Shanna Moore, Hawaii
WKD : Hawaii Saijiki
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Related words
KENYA SAIJIKI
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