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Valentine's Day
***** Location: Worldwide
***** Season: Spring, Dry Season in Tropics
***** Category: Observance
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Explanation
The History of Saint Valentine's Day
Valentine's Day started in the time of the Roman Empire. In ancient Rome, February 14th was a holiday to honor Juno. Juno was the Queen of the Roman Gods and Goddesses. The Romans also knew her as the Goddess of women and marriage. The following day, February 15th, began the Feast of Lupercalia.
The lives of young boys and girls were strictly separate. However, one of the customs of the young people was name drawing. On the eve of the festival of Lupercalia the names of Roman girls were written on slips of paper and placed into jars. Each young man would draw a girl's name from the jar and would then be partners for the duration of the festival with the girl whom he chose. Sometimes the pairing of the children lasted an entire year, and often, they would fall in love and would later marry.
Under the rule of Emperor Claudius II Rome was involved in many bloody and unpopular campaigns. Claudius the Cruel was having a difficult time getting soldiers to join his military leagues. He believed that the reason was that roman men did not want to leave their loves or families. As a result, Claudius cancelled all marriages and engagements in Rome. The good Saint Valentine was a priest at Rome in the days of Claudius II. He and Saint Marius aided the Christian martyrs and secretly married couples, and for this kind deed Saint Valentine was apprehended and dragged before the Prefect of Rome, who condemned him to be beaten to death with clubs and to have his head cut off.
He suffered martyrdom on the 14th day of February, about the year 270. At that time it was the custom in Rome, a very ancient custom, indeed, to celebrate in the month of February the Lupercalia, feasts in honor of a heathen god. On these occasions, amidst a variety of pagan ceremonies, the names of young women were placed in a box, from which they were drawn by the men as chance directed.
The pastors of the early Christian Church in Rome endeavored to do away with the pagan element in these feasts by substituting the names of saints for those of maidens. And as the Lupercalia began about the middle of February, the pastors appear to have chosen Saint Valentine's Day for the celebration of this new feast. So it seems that the custom of young men choosing maidens for valentines, or saints as patrons for the coming year, arose in this way.
http://www.pictureframes.co.uk/pages/saint_valentine.htm
http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintv06.htm
More about St. Valentine
http://www.lonekeep.com/lki_home/Valentine.htm
St. Valentine's Day in English Literature
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15254a.htm
Motives connected with St. Valentine
http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintv06.htm
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Worldwide use
England
Hundreds of years ago in England, many children dressed up as adults on Valentine's Day. They went singing from home to home. One verse they sang was:
Good morning to you, valentine;
Curl your locks as I do mine---
Two before and three behind.
Good morning to you, valentine.
In Wales wooden love spoons were carved and given as gifts on February 14th. Hearts, keys and keyholes were favorite decorations on the spoons. The decoration meant, "You unlock my heart!"
In the Middle Ages, young men and women drew names from a bowl to see who their valentines would be. They would wear these names on their sleeves for one week. To wear your heart on your sleeve now means that it is easy for other people to know how you are feeling.
Some people used to believe that if a woman saw a robin flying overhead on Valentine's Day, it meant she would marry a sailor. If she saw a sparrow, she would marry a poor man and be very happy. If she saw a goldfinch, she would marry a millionaire.
Think of five or six names of boys or girls you might marry, As you twist the stem of an apple, recite the names until the stem comes off. You will marry the person whose name you were saying when the stem fell off.
Pick a dandelion that has gone to seed. Take a deep breath and blow the seeds into the wind. Count the seeds that remain on the stem. That is the number of children you will have.
http://www.pictureframes.co.uk/pages/saint_valentine.htm
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France (or rather Japan :o)
The Mona Lisa
A copy of a painting - The Mona Lisa (77cm x 53cm) displayed at a counter of Japan's Mary Chocolate in a department store in Tokyo, 14 February 2003. The Japanese chocolate shop displays its version of the world famous Mona Lisa painting, made from 20 kilograms of chocolate at a department store in Tokyo. Women give chocolates to their boyfriends, husbands and male colleagues on Valentine's Day in Japan.
The fan in her hand shows the kanji for "Matsuri" Festival, and she wears a Japanese Happi Coat for Festivals.
http://www.tokyotimes.org/archives/2004/01/a_sugary_smile_1.html
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Japan
Barentain Dii バレンタインデー Valentine Day
.... barentain no hi バレンタインの日 (ばれんたいんのひ)
You know that Japanese St.Valentin's Day is very different from the original one now.
Because ofthe efforts and advertising tactics of the chocolate companies, the custom of St. Valentine's Day was accepted widely in Japan, and having passed though the Japanese groupism, it transformed strangely. Nowadays in many offices, every woman employee cooperates in paying money and the representative buys chocolates and puts them on the desks of each man employee on the morning of St.Valentine's Day.
Women in the office feel that the man who doesn't get a chocolate is pitiful. On the other hand, if they gave chocolate to a few men whom they liked, the jealousy and bad feeling of the others would be troublesome for them. So they selected the safest and useless way as an obligation. In Japanese groupism, sameness is important. At first, a chocolate had a meaning of love or goodwill to the man or the boy. And then, the meaning of friendship or play was added and recently even the meaning of duty (giri-choko) was added.
Miserable metamorphosis !
http://www.linkclub.or.jp/~kosa/rie/small/barentain.html
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_8-2-2004_pg9_2
February 2005
A Volkswagen car covered with white chocolate of strawberry flavor, using 150 liters of chocolate. Children put on more candies and cookies.
Here is a picture from the Volkswagen in 2004:
Japanese patissiers decorate a chocolate covered Volkswagen’s New Beetle vehicle with colourful chocolate, cookies and bread at a shopping mall in Tokyo, one week before St Valentine’s Day. —AFP
Chocolate-Coated Volkswagen Displayed For Valentine's Day In Tokyo
. Christian Celebrations in Japanese Kigo
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Kenya
Despite the little knowledge about its origin, the majority of Kenyans, especially the urban folks, believe Valentine is the celebration of love. The colour red is the predominant mark for this day, and it is exhibited in flowers and clothes.
In Nairobi, St. Valentine's Day is highly commercialised. Flower, clothes, shoe and
other accessory vendors and supermarkets, as well as hawkers, capitalise on this occasion and stock red coloured Valentine's items at strategic points to attract customer attention. Since red roses are expensive and in short supply, traders substitute them with plastic ones. Husbands and wives buy each other gifts and flowers and they dress in red; so do lovers. Couples go out to exclusive joints to
spent a romantic moment together. Restaurants, hotels, pubs and resorts are decorated in red and special entertainments and menus are prepared to match their clients' needs.
The best climax about St Valentine's Day however is the renewal of love vows and re-affirming love and faithfulness to each other in our relationships.
~ Patrick Wafula
. St Valentine's Day
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Things found on the way
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HAIKU
saint Valentine'd day
the Saturday morning sun
warms my face
2004
near Valentine's day
a crimson petunia
opens
2003
Saint Valentine's Day--
more broken hearts than roses
if the war
2003
appears at the Anti-War Haiku Wall
http://www.tempslibres.org/awhw/haiga/hgacdr.html
http://www.tempslibres.org/awhw/home.html
red
catches the eye
St Valentine's day
2001
also appearing at PatchWork Haiku Page
http://mongst.8k.com/custom2.html
by gillena cox
http://www.worldhaikureview.org/ecards/makecard.php?card=2171
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Another way to celebrate Valentine
sipping champagne
enjoying the tiny sounds
of living alone
susan delphine delaney plano, texas
appeared in bottlerockets and, later, the red moon anthology
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Valentine's Day —
The couple counseling
postponed again.
Asahi Haikuist Network, February 20, 2009
An Sankt Valentin
der Paarbeartungstermin
nochmals verschoben
Beate Conrad
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Global Haiku Tradition Kukai 2 (February 14, 2001)
Millikin University, Spring 2001
Grade school Valentine--
Should I give him
Garfield or Scooby Doo
Amanda Young
Many more are here
http://www.millikin.edu/haiku/courses/globalspring2001/valentinesdaykukai.html
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Valentine's Day Contemporary Haiku
valentine's day
in the vase
a dead rose
bridgetjanejones
And many more are here
http://www.forums.fantasticpoems.com/t4127.html
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Some fun poems about relationships on a Valentine competition.
Take some small issues,
bake for two months at high heat.
Relationship’s done!
-- Daniel Westreich
http://www.breakupgirl.net/special/vday/haiku.html
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Valentine's Day 2010 ... Love Day
co-incided with the beginning of the Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year...
the growl of the Tiger
on Valentine's Day
Valentine's Day
in the flower market...
bundles of roses
Chinese New Year...
a lady in red awaits
her blind date
New Year's Day...
a toddler takes a step
after a fumble
Year of the Tiger...
if only I could wear
a red terno
Love Day...
red shirt for New Year
and for my date too
Cupid's way...
I mark with rose petals
where my heart resides
Heart Day...
the sun casts intensely
on faceless partners
Willie Bongcaron, Manila 2010
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Valentine 2010 in Kenya
Valentine--
a little girl undusts her
fallen flowers
valentine--
red decorations on the pears
vendors wheelbarrow
valentine--
a hawker sells plastic roses
at the local market
valentine morning--
youthles church for the
morning service
red dressed--
she slips over a rotten mango
at the market
hussein haji
Kenya Saijiki Forum
. valetine day 2010
from the Peacocks in Kenya
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mid-february
the only rain here
is love
kenneth daniels (Guyana)
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. . . . . The Year 2001
Valentine's Day
she finds out where he hid
Playboys
Valentine's Day
bamboo shoots emerge
from the ground
Valentine's Night
he curls up
in bed
Valentine’s night
eating chocolate hearts
from my e-lover
Chen-ou Liu
Canada
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break up
at Valentine's Day -
headless gummi bears
Heike Gewi
Yemen
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Valentine's Day
a dozen red roses spells:
"I love you"
Valentine's Day
missing the tender kiss
when I wake up
Valentine's Day
roses and kisses and hugs...
and endearments
Willie Bongcaron
Philippines
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Valentine's day-
he sends her sms
of love
Sunil Uniyal, India
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Valentine's Day
we fall in love again
over B&W movies
Valentine’s Day
my wife reads up
on Henry VIII
Alan Summers
England
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Soweto market--
new red stalls mushroom
the roadsides
MORE Valentine Haiku from Kenya by
. Patrick Wafula
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SPECIAL
. Valentine's Day - 2012 .
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to Basho
Issa and Shiki . . .
valentines
Elaine Andre, 2013
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Mud (Swahili : matope) Kenya
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Ramadan, Berat Kandil (Leylatul Berat, Laylatul Barat) Turkey
Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday, Gandhi Jayanthi Day India
Bird Haze in Spring (torigumori) Japan. Also "flower haze", cherry blossom haze (hanagumori) and "herring haze" (nishingumori).
..... Birds and Clouds .. kumo ni tori .. 雲に鳥
Voices of Animals From Russia
Spring Equinox, vernal equinox (haru higan) Japan
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Holy Innocents Celebration Christian Catholic Communities
Deer (shika) Japan
Tagore Memorial Day Rabindranath Tagore, India, August 17
Senior Citizen's Day. Respect for the Aged Day (keiroo no hi) Japan
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Buddha's Birthday, Flower Festival, Flower Hall (kanbutsu-e, shuuni-e, hahamatsuri, hana midoo Japan
Soap bubbles (shabondama) Japan
Honey Spas, Apple Spas, Linen Spas Russia . Honey Saviour.
Cemetery Sunday Ireland (Roman Catholic parishes)
Wasabi, Japanese horseradish Japan
Monkey, Hanuman India. saru (Japan)
Peace and War (heiwa to sensoo) Worldwide
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Grave marker (sotoba) Japan
Voice of an Animal (xx no koe) Japan. Various examples and translation possibilities.
Freezing, frozen (itsuru, kooru) Japan. Iced, under ice and more
Avocado pear (Kikuyu : Mûkorobîa) Kenya
"Kigo" and "haiku" as Haiku Topics Japan
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"Goats and Goat Meat Kenya
Green Caterpillar "green insect" (aomushi, namushi) Japan Kenya
Maize (toomorokoshi, tookibi), Corn (koon), Millet (kibi) Japan Kenya
Wading Pool, Spray Park Canada
First Kick-Ball Game (kemari hajime) Japan
Morning-Glory (asagao) Japan ..... Bindweed (hirugao). Evening Face (yorugao)
Buddha, Shakyamuni, Shaka India, Japan
TempleIndia
Temple, Buddhist Temple(tera) Japan
Shrine, Shinto Shrine (jinja) Japan
Bell, Temple Bell (kane, tsurigane, waniguchi, dootaku) Japan
..... Bell, Temple Bell in India
Withering Wind, Cold Gale (kogarashi) Japan
Grackle Bird (Quiscalus mexicanus) Oklahoma, USA Great-tailed grackle, boat-tail grackle
Wimbledon Tennis Tournament ... collecting
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Fly-swatter (haetataki) Japan
Cool dry season Kenya, tropical areas
Desires, worldly desires, illusions, delusions (bonno) Japan
Wisteria Cutting Ceremony (Fuji Kiri Eshiki)Japan Yamanashi Prefecture
Dew, Dewdrop (tsuyu, ro) Japan Worldwide
Mortality (shi ni yuku) Japan Worldwide
Soccer, Football. Europe
..... Including other Winter Sport Kigo, such as Rugby, American Football, Bob Sley, Skiing, Skating, Ice Hockey
Loincloth (fundoshi) Japan
Coins, Money (zeni) Japan Worldwide
Seaweed (kaisoo) Japan
..... including laver (nori), kelp (wakame), duckweed (mo) and agar agar (tengusa)
Summer sash (natsu obi, natsuobi) Japan
Dead body, deceased person (hotoke) Japan
Butterfly in Winter(fuyu no choo) Japan
..... frozen/freezing butterfly (itechoo)
Pigeon, pidgeon, dove (hato) Japan dove whistling (hatobue)
Mountain, peak, hill (yama, gake, oka) Japan
Sunset (yuuhi) Japan
Sound of Water (mizu no oto) Japan Translation problems and more
Oysters (kaki) Japan
..... Including Pearls (shinju) and mother-of-pearl
Sponge gourd, loofah, luffa (hechima, ito-uri) Japan
..... Including the Memorial day for Masaoka Shiki, Hechima-Ki
Stepping on a Christian image (fumi-e, ebumi) Japan
Ginkoo in Kayole, Nairobi (Kenya)
Horse (uma) Japan
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Gentle breeze, soft breeze (Linde Lüfte) Germany
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Sliding paper doors (fusuma), Japan
Secret Buddha Statues (hibutsu) Japan. Including showing them (kaichoo), substitute statues (maedachi, kakebotoke)
Papad Bread (papadam, poppadom, papadum, and appalam). India
Rain on Cherry Blossoms (hana no ame) Japan
Hungry Ghosts (gaki) Japan Buddhist Communities
..... Dance, a haiku topic Japan
Dance in India
The color GREEN in Haiku (midori, ao) Japan
The color GREY (GRAY)in Haiku (hyaku nezumi, hai iro) Japan
The color WHITE in Haiku (shiroi, haku) Japan
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World Youth Day (Weltjugendtag)Italy, Germany, worldwide
Sand (suna)Japan, Worldwide. On the Beach, in the Desert ... Yellow Sand (koosa)
Berlin Wall (Berliner Mauer)Germany. Including the Iron Curtain, Eiserner Vorhang.
Elephant (zoo)Africa, India, in the Zoo
Rainbow (niji)Japan
River (kawa) Japan
Bridge (hashi) Japan
Embankment, dike (dote) Japan, worldwide
Mu, Shunyata : void, nothingness Japan
Mother (o-fukuro) Japan
New Year's Tea, Good Luck Tea, lucky tea (fukucha) Japan
Hat, Straw hat, hood ...(kasa, zukin, booshi) Japan
Hyacinth (Hyacinthus orientalis) Europe, Japan, other areas
Crab (kani) Japan. Chesapeake Bay.
..... Including King Crab (tarabagani), Queen Crab (zuwaigani), swamp crab (zawagani) and many more.
Window (mado) Japan
Stone Lantern (ishidooroo) Japan
Chesapeake Saijiki - SPRING USA
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Water Strider, water boatman, water spider, water horse (amenbo 水馬) Japan
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Grave (haka) Japan
Cloud (kumo) Japan
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Target (mato) Japan. Bull's Eye
..... Including Bow, Arrow, Archery.
..... First Arrow, First Archery Competition. Archery on horseback (yabusame).
Earth Day Worldwide
Peacock, Kujaku and Haiku Japan
..... Including Marigold (kujakusoo), fruit flies (kujakubae) and the peacock butterfly (kujakuchoo)
Pheasant (kiji) Japan
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Fortune cookies; "Haikookies", O-Mikuji
God of the Rice Paddies (ta no kami) Japan
Mourning Kenya, worldwide
Patrick Wafula, Kenya
LORNA Haiku Club, Kenya
OAKS Haiku Club, Kenya
PEACOCK Haiku Club, Kenya
SPIDER Haiku Club, Kenya
Long Rains (Kenya)
Lent (Europe)
Mothering Sunday, Laetare (Europe)
... ... SPICES from India
Sesame (til, tila, gingili) India goma, goma no hana (Japan)
Light Charcoal Cherry Blossoms, Usuzumizakura 薄墨桜 Japan
Hail (hyoo) Japan , also arare, snow pellets
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Weasel (itachi) Japan
Ambedkar Jayanti, Memorial Day India
Tukaram Celebrations India
Dragon, a non-seasonal topic of Eastern Art
Eagle(washi) Japan
..... including other birds of winter, fuyu no tori
Water birds (mizudori 水鳥) ; Hawk (taka 鷹), Winter wild goose (fuyu no kari 冬の雁) , Winter skylark (fuyu hibari 冬雲雀), Midwinter sparrow (kan suzume 寒雀) , Midwinter crow (kan garasu 寒烏) Owl (fukuroo 梟) , Duck (kamo 鴨), Plover (Chidori 千鳥) , Hooded gull (miyakodori, yurikamome ユリカモメ), Winter gull (fuyu kamome 冬鴎), Wren (misosazai ミソサザイ), Crane (tsuru 鶴)
Swan (hakuchou 白鳥) , Grebe (Kaitsuburi カイツブリ)
Butterbur sprouts (fuki no too) and butterbur (fuki) (Japan)
Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara), Europa Butterbur Dandelion, fuki tanpopo (Japan)
Grape Hyacinth, Europa muscari, Lampenputzer
Gutsy Radish (dokonjoo daikon) Japan
Kite flying, India and Pakistan
Haiku in Bhutan INDIA SAIJIKI
Daffodil, Narcissus and Jonquils Europa
Spring light, spring shining (shunkoo) Japan
..... wind shining (kaze hikaru) Japan
Veronica, field speedwell, Europa inufuguri (Japan)
Girl Scout Cookies USA
Bahati Haiku Club Meeting, March 2006 Kenya
Bahati Haiku Club Records since January 2006 Kenya
Jizobon, Jizoo Bon 地蔵盆
Jizobon, Jizoo Bon 地蔵盆
..... including Coming of Age and Fire Rituals, Sagichoo 左義長
O-Mizutori, Omizutori Ceremony, お水取り) Shuni-E Ceremony 修二会 Nara, Japan
..... Including "Sending off Water from Wakasa" Wakasa no O-Mizu Okuri.
Hawaiian Spirit
Vailankanni (Velankanni), Festival in Chennai, India
Doll Festival (hina matsuri) Japan Peach Festival, Girl's Festival
Surfer, Surfing, Surf Hawaii, worldwide
Homeland, Hometown (furusato) Japan Heimat, Fatherland, Motherland
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Doll Festival (hina matsuri) Japan. Peach Festival, Girl's Festival.
Haiku Situation in Nepal
Tiruppavai of Andal Tamizhnadu, Tamil Nadu, India
Shiva Ratri Night, Festival India, Nepal, Hindu Communities
Goa Carnival India
Shivaji's forts India
Panchatantra, a Fable India
Nehru, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru’s Memorial Day, Children's Day India
Maasai Cattle (Masai Cattle) Kenya, Nairobi
Summer in India Kigo Collection
Yoga India
Chittorgarh Fort (Rajasthan) India
Pansy, Pansies Europe, sanshoku sumire (Japan)
Haiku from Bulgaria Collection of the Europa Saijiki
Haiku from Hungary Collection of the Europa Saijiki
Alberta Family Day, Canada
Crocus (Europe, worldwide)
Power Stone, Strenght Stone (chikara ishi, Japan) weight lifting competition
Poetry and Literature of Kenya
Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, Writer, Kenya
Caterpillar, Hairy Caterpillar of Kenya
Festivals of India They are all kigo.
Ganesh Chaturthi Festival India
Tiger Dance (Huli Vesha, Puli Vesha) India
.... Including TIGER, the animal as non-seasonal topic.
Serpent Festival (Nag Panchami) India
Snake, serpent, viper, cobra (hebi, mamushi, habu) Japan
Wintersweet (roobai) Japan
..... Bahati Haiku Poetry Club, Second Meeting Kenya
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Caterpillars worldwide
..... Including
hairy caterpillar, woolybear, kemushi
looper, inchworm, shakutori
Ice, Icicle (koori, tsurara) (Japan)
..... Kaniparambil Ramesh Poet from India
Start of School Year, School Year starts(Kenya)
..... Including
form one (form 1), new term, new textbooks, school fees, new uniform
..... Bahati Haiku Poetry Club, Kenya
..... Hawaii Saijiki
..... EUROPA Saijiki
Buddha's Seat (hotoke no za)(Japan) 05.
.................... Two flowers with the same name !
Seven Herbs of Spring (haru no nanakusa) (Japan) 05
..... Including Seri (Japanese parsley or dropwort), Nazuna (shepherd's purse), Gogyou (cottonweed), Hakobera (chickweed), Hotoke-no-za (Japanese nipplewort), Suzuna (Japanese turnip), Suzushiro (Japanese radish)
Fern (shida)(Japan) 05
Pheasant's Eye (fukujusoo) (Japan) 05
Vog (Volcanic Smog) (Hawaii, Big Island)
New Year's Day (ganjitsu)Japan, Worldwide. First day of the Year, January 1.
..... Korean Haiku
..... African Haiku
Kagura Dance (Japan)
Graduation Ceremony, Kenya
Last Fudo Ceremony of a year(osame-Fudo) (Japan)
Last Daishi Ceremony of a year (osame no Daishi) (Japan)
Whales, kujira (Japan)
Cow (Pashu, Gai) The Holy Cow of India
Bhagavad Gita (India)
Number of Entries December 2005 : 328
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World Kigo Database <> Archives
Use the search function provided at these archives to look for a kigo or synonym of it. These archives contain all kigo collected so far in the various saijiki of the World Kigo Database.
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The Discussion Group for the World Kigo Database started on May 19, 2004.
The BLOG Database started after the first 50 kigo had been collected, about October 2004.
A summary of our activities so far was posted in the WHR.
http://www.worldhaikureview.org/4-1/whcjapan-p2.htm
Thank you for visiting the World Kigo Database !
And come back soon !
Gabi Greve
*****************************
Please send your contributions to Gabi Greve
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Please add your haiku as a comment to the various BLOG entries
or e-mail them to me.
You do not have to be a member of any haiku club to submit your haiku.
This Database wants to serve ALL HAIJIN WORLDWIDE.
Keywords, non-seasonal haiku topics, all year topics, all season topics,
no season muki 無期 ...
..................................................................... September 2006
..... Zinnia (hyakunichisoo) Japan
..... World Days and Weeks a growing collection
.. .. World Deaf Day, World Mother-in-Law's Day and many more
..... Harvest and its various kigo
Sage, Salbei, Salvia splendens et al. (sarubeea, seeji) Japan
Weeds (zassoo) worldwide !
Wild Chrysanthemum (nogiku) Japan
Zinnia (hyakunichisoo) Japan
Toad Lily (hototogisu) Japan
Peace (Swahili : Amani) Kenya
Begonia (shuukaidoo, shukaido) Japan
Candle (roosoku) Japan. With a discussion about translating Japanese haiku.
Heart Pond (kokoro no ike) Japan
Maize : Green Maize, Corn on the Cob Kenya
Rain Gutters Cleaning North America
Ladakh : Haiku and Kigo
Kamehameha Day Hawaii
Hula Dance and the Goddess Laka Hawaii
Long day, short day, long night, short night Japan. nagaki hi, tanjitsu, nagaki yo, mijika yo
Pipal tree (Ficus religiosa) India Peepul or Bo tree
..... figs (ichijiku) Japan
Oranges, mandarin oranges, tangerines Kenya. mikan (Japan)
Santoka and Sake Haiku
Matsuyama and Masaoka Shiki
Introducing Japanese Haiku Poets
Winter drizzle, sleet (shigure) Japan. With many more related kigo.
World Peace Day International Day of Peace. Ahimsa. India, worldwide
World Music Day India, worldwide
Teacher's Day, Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan Memorial Day India
Summer Purification Ceremony (nagoshi, natsu no harae) Japan
..... including many related Japanese kigo
Coolness (suzushi) Japan. cool breeze (ryoofuu) and more about the Tea Ceremony
..... including "coolness in autumn"
Bukusu Culture, Babukusu People Kenya
Mud (Swahili : matope) Kenya
..... including: Brickmaking, Dry mud, Bukusu Initiation (Circumcision) in Kenya
..... Spring Mud, haru no doro, shundei in Japan
Figs (Ficus carica) Turkey. Ichijiku, toogaki, hororoishi in Japan.
Ramadan, Berat Kandil (Leylatul Berat, Laylatul Barat) Turkey
Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday, Gandhi Jayanthi Day India
Bird Haze in Spring (torigumori) Japan. Also "flower haze", cherry blossom haze (hanagumori) and "herring haze" (nishingumori).
..... Birds and Clouds .. kumo ni tori .. 雲に鳥
Voices of Animals From Russia
Spring Equinox, vernal equinox (haru higan) Japan
..................................................................... August 2006
Holy Innocents Celebration Christian Catholic Communities
Deer (shika) Japan
Tagore Memorial Day Rabindranath Tagore, India, August 17
Senior Citizen's Day. Respect for the Aged Day (keiroo no hi) Japan
..... Including: Old people, elders, elderly and so on as haiku topics.
Buddha's Birthday, Flower Festival, Flower Hall (kanbutsu-e, shuuni-e, hahamatsuri, hana midoo Japan
Soap bubbles (shabondama) Japan
Honey Spas, Apple Spas, Linen Spas Russia . Honey Saviour.
Cemetery Sunday Ireland (Roman Catholic parishes)
Wasabi, Japanese horseradish Japan
Monkey, Hanuman India. saru (Japan)
Peace and War (heiwa to sensoo) Worldwide
..................................................................... July 2006
Grave marker (sotoba) Japan
Voice of an Animal (xx no koe) Japan. Various examples and translation possibilities.
Freezing, frozen (itsuru, kooru) Japan. Iced, under ice and more
Avocado pear (Kikuyu : Mûkorobîa) Kenya
"Kigo" and "haiku" as Haiku Topics Japan
..... Child, Children (kodomo) Read Haiku about Children and from Chilren. A new Forum of the World Kigo Database!
"Goats and Goat Meat Kenya
Green Caterpillar "green insect" (aomushi, namushi) Japan Kenya
Maize (toomorokoshi, tookibi), Corn (koon), Millet (kibi) Japan Kenya
Wading Pool, Spray Park Canada
First Kick-Ball Game (kemari hajime) Japan
Morning-Glory (asagao) Japan ..... Bindweed (hirugao). Evening Face (yorugao)
Buddha, Shakyamuni, Shaka India, Japan
TempleIndia
Temple, Buddhist Temple(tera) Japan
Shrine, Shinto Shrine (jinja) Japan
Bell, Temple Bell (kane, tsurigane, waniguchi, dootaku) Japan
..... Bell, Temple Bell in India
Withering Wind, Cold Gale (kogarashi) Japan
Grackle Bird (Quiscalus mexicanus) Oklahoma, USA Great-tailed grackle, boat-tail grackle
Wimbledon Tennis Tournament ... collecting
..................................................................... June 2006
Fly-swatter (haetataki) Japan
Cool dry season Kenya, tropical areas
Desires, worldly desires, illusions, delusions (bonno) Japan
Wisteria Cutting Ceremony (Fuji Kiri Eshiki)Japan Yamanashi Prefecture
Dew, Dewdrop (tsuyu, ro) Japan Worldwide
Mortality (shi ni yuku) Japan Worldwide
Soccer, Football. Europe
..... Including other Winter Sport Kigo, such as Rugby, American Football, Bob Sley, Skiing, Skating, Ice Hockey
Loincloth (fundoshi) Japan
Coins, Money (zeni) Japan Worldwide
Seaweed (kaisoo) Japan
..... including laver (nori), kelp (wakame), duckweed (mo) and agar agar (tengusa)
Summer sash (natsu obi, natsuobi) Japan
Dead body, deceased person (hotoke) Japan
Butterfly in Winter(fuyu no choo) Japan
..... frozen/freezing butterfly (itechoo)
Pigeon, pidgeon, dove (hato) Japan dove whistling (hatobue)
Mountain, peak, hill (yama, gake, oka) Japan
Sunset (yuuhi) Japan
Sound of Water (mizu no oto) Japan Translation problems and more
Oysters (kaki) Japan
..... Including Pearls (shinju) and mother-of-pearl
Sponge gourd, loofah, luffa (hechima, ito-uri) Japan
..... Including the Memorial day for Masaoka Shiki, Hechima-Ki
Stepping on a Christian image (fumi-e, ebumi) Japan
Ginkoo in Kayole, Nairobi (Kenya)
Horse (uma) Japan
..... Including various kigo such as plough horse, foal,cooling horses, fatten a horse, horse market, autumn colt, autumn pony, horses standing in the cold.
Gentle breeze, soft breeze (Linde Lüfte) Germany
..................................................................... May 2006
Sliding paper doors (fusuma), Japan
Secret Buddha Statues (hibutsu) Japan. Including showing them (kaichoo), substitute statues (maedachi, kakebotoke)
Papad Bread (papadam, poppadom, papadum, and appalam). India
Rain on Cherry Blossoms (hana no ame) Japan
Hungry Ghosts (gaki) Japan Buddhist Communities
..... Dance, a haiku topic Japan
Dance in India
The color GREEN in Haiku (midori, ao) Japan
The color GREY (GRAY)in Haiku (hyaku nezumi, hai iro) Japan
The color WHITE in Haiku (shiroi, haku) Japan
..... ..... World Kigo Database : Canada Saijiki
World Youth Day (Weltjugendtag)Italy, Germany, worldwide
Sand (suna)Japan, Worldwide. On the Beach, in the Desert ... Yellow Sand (koosa)
Berlin Wall (Berliner Mauer)Germany. Including the Iron Curtain, Eiserner Vorhang.
Elephant (zoo)Africa, India, in the Zoo
Rainbow (niji)Japan
River (kawa) Japan
Bridge (hashi) Japan
Embankment, dike (dote) Japan, worldwide
Mu, Shunyata : void, nothingness Japan
Mother (o-fukuro) Japan
New Year's Tea, Good Luck Tea, lucky tea (fukucha) Japan
Hat, Straw hat, hood ...(kasa, zukin, booshi) Japan
Hyacinth (Hyacinthus orientalis) Europe, Japan, other areas
Crab (kani) Japan. Chesapeake Bay.
..... Including King Crab (tarabagani), Queen Crab (zuwaigani), swamp crab (zawagani) and many more.
Window (mado) Japan
Stone Lantern (ishidooroo) Japan
Chesapeake Saijiki - SPRING USA
..................................................................... April 2006
Water Strider, water boatman, water spider, water horse (amenbo 水馬) Japan
..... also whirligig beetles, mizusumashi 水澄
Grave (haka) Japan
Cloud (kumo) Japan
LIST of Non-seasonal Haiku Topics
Target (mato) Japan. Bull's Eye
..... Including Bow, Arrow, Archery.
..... First Arrow, First Archery Competition. Archery on horseback (yabusame).
Earth Day Worldwide
Peacock, Kujaku and Haiku Japan
..... Including Marigold (kujakusoo), fruit flies (kujakubae) and the peacock butterfly (kujakuchoo)
Pheasant (kiji) Japan
..... ..... Chesapeake Bay Saijiki, USA
Fortune cookies; "Haikookies", O-Mikuji
God of the Rice Paddies (ta no kami) Japan
Mourning Kenya, worldwide
Patrick Wafula, Kenya
LORNA Haiku Club, Kenya
OAKS Haiku Club, Kenya
PEACOCK Haiku Club, Kenya
SPIDER Haiku Club, Kenya
Long Rains (Kenya)
Lent (Europe)
Mothering Sunday, Laetare (Europe)
... ... SPICES from India
Sesame (til, tila, gingili) India goma, goma no hana (Japan)
Light Charcoal Cherry Blossoms, Usuzumizakura 薄墨桜 Japan
Hail (hyoo) Japan , also arare, snow pellets
..................................................................... March 2006
Weasel (itachi) Japan
Ambedkar Jayanti, Memorial Day India
Tukaram Celebrations India
Dragon, a non-seasonal topic of Eastern Art
Eagle(washi) Japan
..... including other birds of winter, fuyu no tori
Water birds (mizudori 水鳥) ; Hawk (taka 鷹), Winter wild goose (fuyu no kari 冬の雁) , Winter skylark (fuyu hibari 冬雲雀), Midwinter sparrow (kan suzume 寒雀) , Midwinter crow (kan garasu 寒烏) Owl (fukuroo 梟) , Duck (kamo 鴨), Plover (Chidori 千鳥) , Hooded gull (miyakodori, yurikamome ユリカモメ), Winter gull (fuyu kamome 冬鴎), Wren (misosazai ミソサザイ), Crane (tsuru 鶴)
Swan (hakuchou 白鳥) , Grebe (Kaitsuburi カイツブリ)
Butterbur sprouts (fuki no too) and butterbur (fuki) (Japan)
Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara), Europa Butterbur Dandelion, fuki tanpopo (Japan)
Grape Hyacinth, Europa muscari, Lampenputzer
Gutsy Radish (dokonjoo daikon) Japan
Kite flying, India and Pakistan
Haiku in Bhutan INDIA SAIJIKI
Daffodil, Narcissus and Jonquils Europa
Spring light, spring shining (shunkoo) Japan
..... wind shining (kaze hikaru) Japan
Veronica, field speedwell, Europa inufuguri (Japan)
Girl Scout Cookies USA
Bahati Haiku Club Meeting, March 2006 Kenya
Bahati Haiku Club Records since January 2006 Kenya
Jizobon, Jizoo Bon 地蔵盆
Jizobon, Jizoo Bon 地蔵盆
..... including Coming of Age and Fire Rituals, Sagichoo 左義長
O-Mizutori, Omizutori Ceremony, お水取り) Shuni-E Ceremony 修二会 Nara, Japan
..... Including "Sending off Water from Wakasa" Wakasa no O-Mizu Okuri.
Hawaiian Spirit
Vailankanni (Velankanni), Festival in Chennai, India
Doll Festival (hina matsuri) Japan Peach Festival, Girl's Festival
Surfer, Surfing, Surf Hawaii, worldwide
Homeland, Hometown (furusato) Japan Heimat, Fatherland, Motherland
..................................................................... February 2006
Doll Festival (hina matsuri) Japan. Peach Festival, Girl's Festival.
Haiku Situation in Nepal
Tiruppavai of Andal Tamizhnadu, Tamil Nadu, India
Shiva Ratri Night, Festival India, Nepal, Hindu Communities
Goa Carnival India
Shivaji's forts India
Panchatantra, a Fable India
Nehru, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru’s Memorial Day, Children's Day India
Maasai Cattle (Masai Cattle) Kenya, Nairobi
Summer in India Kigo Collection
Yoga India
Chittorgarh Fort (Rajasthan) India
Pansy, Pansies Europe, sanshoku sumire (Japan)
Haiku from Bulgaria Collection of the Europa Saijiki
Haiku from Hungary Collection of the Europa Saijiki
Alberta Family Day, Canada
Crocus (Europe, worldwide)
Power Stone, Strenght Stone (chikara ishi, Japan) weight lifting competition
Poetry and Literature of Kenya
Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, Writer, Kenya
Caterpillar, Hairy Caterpillar of Kenya
Festivals of India They are all kigo.
Ganesh Chaturthi Festival India
Tiger Dance (Huli Vesha, Puli Vesha) India
.... Including TIGER, the animal as non-seasonal topic.
Serpent Festival (Nag Panchami) India
Snake, serpent, viper, cobra (hebi, mamushi, habu) Japan
Wintersweet (roobai) Japan
..... Bahati Haiku Poetry Club, Second Meeting Kenya
..................................................................... January 2006
Caterpillars worldwide
..... Including
hairy caterpillar, woolybear, kemushi
looper, inchworm, shakutori
Ice, Icicle (koori, tsurara) (Japan)
..... Kaniparambil Ramesh Poet from India
Start of School Year, School Year starts(Kenya)
..... Including
form one (form 1), new term, new textbooks, school fees, new uniform
..... Bahati Haiku Poetry Club, Kenya
..... Hawaii Saijiki
..... EUROPA Saijiki
Buddha's Seat (hotoke no za)(Japan) 05.
.................... Two flowers with the same name !
Seven Herbs of Spring (haru no nanakusa) (Japan) 05
..... Including Seri (Japanese parsley or dropwort), Nazuna (shepherd's purse), Gogyou (cottonweed), Hakobera (chickweed), Hotoke-no-za (Japanese nipplewort), Suzuna (Japanese turnip), Suzushiro (Japanese radish)
Fern (shida)(Japan) 05
Pheasant's Eye (fukujusoo) (Japan) 05
Vog (Volcanic Smog) (Hawaii, Big Island)
New Year's Day (ganjitsu)Japan, Worldwide. First day of the Year, January 1.
..... Korean Haiku
..... African Haiku
Kagura Dance (Japan)
Graduation Ceremony, Kenya
Last Fudo Ceremony of a year(osame-Fudo) (Japan)
Last Daishi Ceremony of a year (osame no Daishi) (Japan)
Whales, kujira (Japan)
Cow (Pashu, Gai) The Holy Cow of India
Bhagavad Gita (India)
Number of Entries December 2005 : 328
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........................................... Kigo Archives
World Kigo Database <> Archives
Use the search function provided at these archives to look for a kigo or synonym of it. These archives contain all kigo collected so far in the various saijiki of the World Kigo Database.
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The Discussion Group for the World Kigo Database started on May 19, 2004.
The BLOG Database started after the first 50 kigo had been collected, about October 2004.
A summary of our activities so far was posted in the WHR.
http://www.worldhaikureview.org/4-1/whcjapan-p2.htm
Thank you for visiting the World Kigo Database !
And come back soon !
Gabi Greve
*****************************
Please send your contributions to Gabi Greve
worldkigo .....
Back to the alphabetical Worldkigo Index
http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/
World Kigo Database Part 03
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9/27/2006
- World Days
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World XXX Day
Here is a large collection of days remembered worldwide for a special purpose.
Some have an entry of their own, so click on the hyperlink, please.
World Memorial Days, World Days.
If you google with the name of any day, I am sure you will find all the basic informations yourself.
The seasons are corresponding to the Japanese Haiku Seasons.
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Kigo for Spring
International Woman's Day
International Development Week
February 01
World Wetlands Day
February 02
World Cancer Survivors Day
February 02
NO CELLPHONE DAY
February 04 (March 20)
World Day of the Sick
February 11
Festival of Women as Cultivators
February 18
International Mother Language Day
February 21
Central Excise Day
February 24
National Science Day
February 28
Universal Human-beings Week
March 01
National Safety Week
March 04
International Women's Week
March 04
World Sustainable Energy Day
March 07
International Women's Day
March 08
United Nations Day for Women's Right & International Peace
March 08
Commonwealth Day
March 10
World Disabled Day
March 15
World Consumer Rights Day
March 15
World Forestry Day
March 21
World Poetry Day
March 21
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
March 21
World Water Day
March 22
World Meteorological Day
March 23
World TB Day - World Tuberculosis Day
March 24
World Theatre Day
March 27
World Apitherapy Day Bee Therapy Day
March 30
Earth Hour
last Saturday of March
APRIL, National Poetry Month, USA
Prevention of Blindness Week
April 01
International Children's Book Day
April 02
National Maritime Day
April 05
World Health Day
April 07
Arbor Day (tree day)
April 10
Customs Day
April 14
Fire Service Week
April 14
World Heritage Day
April 18
World Amatuer Radio Awarness Day
April 18
World Earth Day
April 22
World Book and Copyright Day
April 23
International Dance Day
April 29
Anti-Child Labour Day
April 30
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Kigo for Summer
World Music Day
World Youth Day
International Labour Day
May 01
Week of Solidarity with the People of Non Self Governing Territories
May 02
World Press Freedom Day
May 03
National Labour Day
May 05
World Asthma Day
May 07
World Red Cross Day
May 08
Universal Family Week
May 09
Europe Day
May 09
National Technology Day
May 11
International Migratory Bird Day
May 11
International Family Day
May I5
World Telecommunication Day
May 17
International Museum Day
May 18
World Day for Cultural Development
May 21
Week of Solidarity with the People of All Colonial Territories Fighting for Freedom, Independence and Human Rights
May 25
Missing Children's Day
May 25
World No Tobacco Day
May 31
International Day Of Innocent
June 04
World Children Victims of Aggression
June 04
World Enviroment Day
June 05
World Oceans Day
June 08
Day of the African Child Kenya, Africa, worldwide
June 16
World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
June 17
World Refugee Day
June 20
United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
June 26
Anti Drug Day
June 26
World Diabetes Day
June 27
World War 1 Commemoration
June 28
World Population Day
July 11
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Kigo for Autumn
World Alzheimer's Day
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World Deaf Day
September 23, 25 or other dates are quoted.
On 27 September 2004 a unique happening took place in Flanders, Belgium. That day, the Flemish Deaf embraced their northern colleagues from the Netherlands by organising a World Deaf Day together.
http://www.eudnet.org/update/online/2004/nov04/eudm_01.htm
daylight noises:
she realises that her world
is a blaring silence
a silent cry--
clapping hands to see
her newborn smile
Kala Ramesh, India, September 2006
... ... ...
Sitting together
Deaf and Dumb; no door for foes
Eyes open, the loopholes.
© Aju Mukhopadhyay, India, 2006
... ... ...
deaf boys --
their sign language argument
comes to blows
deaf couple
grabbing each other's hands
to shut each other up
sudden deafness --
the lonely stillness
in my head
waterfall...
the echo of silence
sounds the same
i close my eyes
to make the world disappear --
deafness
hortensia anderson, 2006
... ... ...
the first ever DeafRenga - Bristol Sign Poetry Festival2010
source : Alan Summers
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World Peace Day
... Hiroshima Day also: Nagasaki Day, August 06 and 09
International Day of Indigenous People
August 09
World Youth Day (Weltjugendtag). Italy, Germany, worldwide
..... Independence Day (India)
Women's Equality Day
August 26
National Nutrition Week
September 01
International Literacy Day
September 08
World Trade Centre Tragedy (2001)
Nine Eleven 2001, USA 9/11. September Eleven
September 11
International Cross-Cultural Day
September 14
Ozone Day
September 16
International Day For Peace, World Peace Day
September 17
World Car Free Day, Carless Day
September 22
World Rose Day
September 22
Playing for Change Day
September 22
We Day We Schools in Action
September 27
World Tourism Day
September 27
Arthur's Day - Arthur Guinness - Beer
September 27
World Heart Day
September 28
Green Consumer Day
September 28
World Elders Day
Senior Citizen's Day. Respect for the Aged Day (keiroo no hi)
October 01
World Vegetarian Day
October 1
Wildlife Week
October 01
Universal Children's Week
October 01
World Habitat Day
October 03
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World Animal Day
October 04
It started in Florence, Italy in 1931 at a convention of ecologists.
source : wikipedia
World Animal Day:
they observe it feasting
on rich animal flesh.
© Aju Mukhopadhyay, India, 2006
World Animal Day <>
a huge truck waits
at the slaughter house
Gabi Greve, Japan
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World Homeless Day
October 10
August 25 is the annual Day of the Homeless in Toronto.
Columbus Day
October 12
World Food Day
October 16
Anti Poverty Day, World Poverty Day
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
October 17
. United Nations Day .
October 24
. International Day of Climate Action .
- World Environment Day
October 24
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Kigo for Winter
Sushi Day 寿司の日 Sushi no hi
November 1
World Quality Day
November 08
Legal Services Day
November 09
World Kindness Day
November 13
Children's Day
November 14
World Heritage Week
November 14
National Cooperative Week
November 15
International Day for Tolerance and Peace
November 16
National Integration Day
November 19
Child Rights Day
November 20
Universal Children's Day
November 20
Africa Industrialization Day
November 20
World Television Day
November 21
World Mother-in-Law's Day. Mother in Law
November 23
International Day on Violence against Women
November 25
International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
November 29
International Computer Security Day
November 30
World AIDS Day
December 01
World Pollution Prevention Day
December 02
World Handicap Day, Black Day for the Blind
December 02
World Human Rights Day
December 10
World Photography Day
December 28 (sometimes on August 19)
Oil Conservation Week
January 04
World Braille day
January 04
Road Safety Week
January 10
National Youth Day
January 12
World Army Day
January 15
Pin Code Week
January 15
Eros Day
January 22
National Day of Patriotism
January 23
International Customs Day
January 26
World Leprosy Day
January 27
CRY Day
January 28
World Martyrs Day
January 30
National Cleanliness Day
January 30
Here is a list with a few more (external LINK):
http://www.webngos.org/socialcalendar.php
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World Days celebrated by the Catholic Church
Compiled by Cristian Mocanu, 2006
January 1-st: World Peace Day
January 18-th-25-th:World Week of Prayers for Christian Unity
(jointly celebrated by the Catholic Church and the World Council of Churches)
January 22-nd: World Migrants'and Refugees' Day
January 29-th: World Leprosy Day
February 2-nd:World Day of Consecrated Life (monks, friars, nuns etc.)
February 11-th: World Day of the Sick
Palm Sunday: World Youth Day-yearly local celebration Holy Thursday (Thursday before Easter): World Priests'Day
May 7-th: World Vocations'Day
May 28-th: World Media Day
June 23-rd: World Day of Prayers for the Sanctification of Priests (not to be confused with World Priests'Day)
October 22-nd:World Missions Day
(Some of them have already been mentioned in the long list above.)
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World Days with differing dates
World Friendship Day, Happy Friendship Day
To demonstrate the extraordinary power and importance of simple human kindness by promoting the practice of kind acts, large and small, on a regular basis.
March 1, November 13, December 8
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Please add your suggestins for a World Day as a comment here!
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Back to the Worldkigo Index
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World XXX Day
Here is a large collection of days remembered worldwide for a special purpose.
Some have an entry of their own, so click on the hyperlink, please.
World Memorial Days, World Days.
If you google with the name of any day, I am sure you will find all the basic informations yourself.
The seasons are corresponding to the Japanese Haiku Seasons.
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Kigo for Spring
International Woman's Day
International Development Week
February 01
World Wetlands Day
February 02
World Cancer Survivors Day
February 02
NO CELLPHONE DAY
February 04 (March 20)
World Day of the Sick
February 11
Festival of Women as Cultivators
February 18
International Mother Language Day
February 21
Central Excise Day
February 24
National Science Day
February 28
Universal Human-beings Week
March 01
National Safety Week
March 04
International Women's Week
March 04
World Sustainable Energy Day
March 07
International Women's Day
March 08
United Nations Day for Women's Right & International Peace
March 08
Commonwealth Day
March 10
World Disabled Day
March 15
World Consumer Rights Day
March 15
World Forestry Day
March 21
World Poetry Day
March 21
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
March 21
World Water Day
March 22
World Meteorological Day
March 23
World TB Day - World Tuberculosis Day
March 24
World Theatre Day
March 27
World Apitherapy Day Bee Therapy Day
March 30
Earth Hour
last Saturday of March
APRIL, National Poetry Month, USA
Prevention of Blindness Week
April 01
International Children's Book Day
April 02
National Maritime Day
April 05
World Health Day
April 07
Arbor Day (tree day)
April 10
Customs Day
April 14
Fire Service Week
April 14
World Heritage Day
April 18
World Amatuer Radio Awarness Day
April 18
World Earth Day
April 22
World Book and Copyright Day
April 23
International Dance Day
April 29
Anti-Child Labour Day
April 30
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Kigo for Summer
World Music Day
World Youth Day
International Labour Day
May 01
Week of Solidarity with the People of Non Self Governing Territories
May 02
World Press Freedom Day
May 03
National Labour Day
May 05
World Asthma Day
May 07
World Red Cross Day
May 08
Universal Family Week
May 09
Europe Day
May 09
National Technology Day
May 11
International Migratory Bird Day
May 11
International Family Day
May I5
World Telecommunication Day
May 17
International Museum Day
May 18
World Day for Cultural Development
May 21
Week of Solidarity with the People of All Colonial Territories Fighting for Freedom, Independence and Human Rights
May 25
Missing Children's Day
May 25
World No Tobacco Day
May 31
International Day Of Innocent
June 04
World Children Victims of Aggression
June 04
World Enviroment Day
June 05
World Oceans Day
June 08
Day of the African Child Kenya, Africa, worldwide
June 16
World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
June 17
World Refugee Day
June 20
United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
June 26
Anti Drug Day
June 26
World Diabetes Day
June 27
World War 1 Commemoration
June 28
World Population Day
July 11
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Kigo for Autumn
World Alzheimer's Day
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World Deaf Day
September 23, 25 or other dates are quoted.
On 27 September 2004 a unique happening took place in Flanders, Belgium. That day, the Flemish Deaf embraced their northern colleagues from the Netherlands by organising a World Deaf Day together.
http://www.eudnet.org/update/online/2004/nov04/eudm_01.htm
daylight noises:
she realises that her world
is a blaring silence
a silent cry--
clapping hands to see
her newborn smile
Kala Ramesh, India, September 2006
... ... ...
Sitting together
Deaf and Dumb; no door for foes
Eyes open, the loopholes.
© Aju Mukhopadhyay, India, 2006
... ... ...
deaf boys --
their sign language argument
comes to blows
deaf couple
grabbing each other's hands
to shut each other up
sudden deafness --
the lonely stillness
in my head
waterfall...
the echo of silence
sounds the same
i close my eyes
to make the world disappear --
deafness
hortensia anderson, 2006
... ... ...
the first ever DeafRenga - Bristol Sign Poetry Festival2010
source : Alan Summers
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World Peace Day
... Hiroshima Day also: Nagasaki Day, August 06 and 09
International Day of Indigenous People
August 09
World Youth Day (Weltjugendtag). Italy, Germany, worldwide
..... Independence Day (India)
Women's Equality Day
August 26
National Nutrition Week
September 01
International Literacy Day
September 08
World Trade Centre Tragedy (2001)
Nine Eleven 2001, USA 9/11. September Eleven
September 11
International Cross-Cultural Day
September 14
Ozone Day
September 16
International Day For Peace, World Peace Day
September 17
World Car Free Day, Carless Day
September 22
World Rose Day
September 22
Playing for Change Day
September 22
We Day We Schools in Action
September 27
World Tourism Day
September 27
Arthur's Day - Arthur Guinness - Beer
September 27
World Heart Day
September 28
Green Consumer Day
September 28
World Elders Day
Senior Citizen's Day. Respect for the Aged Day (keiroo no hi)
October 01
World Vegetarian Day
October 1
Wildlife Week
October 01
Universal Children's Week
October 01
World Habitat Day
October 03
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World Animal Day
October 04
It started in Florence, Italy in 1931 at a convention of ecologists.
source : wikipedia
World Animal Day:
they observe it feasting
on rich animal flesh.
© Aju Mukhopadhyay, India, 2006
World Animal Day <>
a huge truck waits
at the slaughter house
Gabi Greve, Japan
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World Homeless Day
October 10
August 25 is the annual Day of the Homeless in Toronto.
Columbus Day
October 12
World Food Day
October 16
Anti Poverty Day, World Poverty Day
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
October 17
. United Nations Day .
October 24
. International Day of Climate Action .
- World Environment Day
October 24
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Kigo for Winter
Sushi Day 寿司の日 Sushi no hi
November 1
World Quality Day
November 08
Legal Services Day
November 09
World Kindness Day
November 13
Children's Day
November 14
World Heritage Week
November 14
National Cooperative Week
November 15
International Day for Tolerance and Peace
November 16
National Integration Day
November 19
Child Rights Day
November 20
Universal Children's Day
November 20
Africa Industrialization Day
November 20
World Television Day
November 21
World Mother-in-Law's Day. Mother in Law
November 23
International Day on Violence against Women
November 25
International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
November 29
International Computer Security Day
November 30
World AIDS Day
December 01
World Pollution Prevention Day
December 02
World Handicap Day, Black Day for the Blind
December 02
World Human Rights Day
December 10
World Photography Day
December 28 (sometimes on August 19)
Oil Conservation Week
January 04
World Braille day
January 04
Road Safety Week
January 10
National Youth Day
January 12
World Army Day
January 15
Pin Code Week
January 15
Eros Day
January 22
National Day of Patriotism
January 23
International Customs Day
January 26
World Leprosy Day
January 27
CRY Day
January 28
World Martyrs Day
January 30
National Cleanliness Day
January 30
Here is a list with a few more (external LINK):
http://www.webngos.org/socialcalendar.php
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World Days celebrated by the Catholic Church
Compiled by Cristian Mocanu, 2006
January 1-st: World Peace Day
January 18-th-25-th:World Week of Prayers for Christian Unity
(jointly celebrated by the Catholic Church and the World Council of Churches)
January 22-nd: World Migrants'and Refugees' Day
January 29-th: World Leprosy Day
February 2-nd:World Day of Consecrated Life (monks, friars, nuns etc.)
February 11-th: World Day of the Sick
Palm Sunday: World Youth Day-yearly local celebration Holy Thursday (Thursday before Easter): World Priests'Day
May 7-th: World Vocations'Day
May 28-th: World Media Day
June 23-rd: World Day of Prayers for the Sanctification of Priests (not to be confused with World Priests'Day)
October 22-nd:World Missions Day
(Some of them have already been mentioned in the long list above.)
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World Days with differing dates
World Friendship Day, Happy Friendship Day
To demonstrate the extraordinary power and importance of simple human kindness by promoting the practice of kind acts, large and small, on a regular basis.
March 1, November 13, December 8
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9/06/2006
September (kugatsu)
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September (kugatsu 九月)
***** Location: Japan, worldwide
***** Season: Mid-Autumn
***** Category: Season
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Explanation
Haiku kugatsu in the Edo period relates to the climate of present-day October,
but some festivals are dated in our present-day September.
. . Names of Japanese months and their meanings . .
leaf month, hazuki 葉月 (はづき)
kigo for mid-autumn
other names for this month (the 8th month in the Asian lunar calendar, now September)
related kigo to this month
month for moon viewing, tsukimi zuki 月見月(つきみづき)
month with autumn wind, akikaze zuki 秋風月(あきかぜづき)
kusatsu zuki 草津月(くさつづき)
"trees start to color" kosome zuki 木染月(こそめづき)
nozome zuki 濃染月(こぞめづき)
red colored month, benizome zuki 紅染月(べにぞめづき)
month with bushclover, hagizuki 萩月(はぎづき)
month when swallows leave, tsubame sari zuki
燕去月(つばめさりづき)、
month when geese come, kari kuzuki 雁来月(かりくづき)
soogetsu 荘月(そうげつ), keigetsu桂月(けいげつ)
chuuritsu 中律(ちゅうりつ), nangetsu 難月(なんげつ)
chuushoo 中商(ちゅうしょう)
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September---
All Things in Universe Becomes Clear in Autumn
Inahata Teiko
When September comes, the air becomes clearer and a sense of crisp autumn becomes deeper. When we think of a representative seasonal word of this time, there is nothing beyond tsuki (the moon). As shown by the phrase, setsu-getu-ka (the snow, the moon, the flower), the moon, which symbolizes the beauty of nature of this season, has appeared in a lot of poems and literary works from the old times.
According to this tradition, tsuki (the moon) in haiku stands for the moon in autumn, and a number of the excellent haiku poems have been composed on the subject of the moon. Because the moon is the brightest in the year as the air of this season becomes the clearest.
Autumn is the season in which we are lost in deep thought, as shown by a seasonal word, shushi (the deep grief of autumn). The moon has been the best subject in which we convey our feelings or deep emotions. Even after the space satellite Apollo reached the moon and sent the picture of the surface of the moon to the earth, the above-mentioned perception doesn't change, does it?
There are many seasonal words related to the moon in the glossary of seasonal terms for haiku composers; hatsuzuki(the new moon), futsukazuki (the second day-moon), mikazuki (the third-day moon), yuzukiyo (the moonlit evening ), tsuki (the moon), matsuyoi (the waiting evening), meigetsu (the harvest moon), tsukimi (the moon-viewing), ryoya (the clear full moon), mugetsu (no moon), ugetsu (the moon in the rain), izayoi (the 16th day-moon), tachimachizuki (the 17th day- moon), imachizuki (the 18th day-moon), fushimachizuki (the 19th day-moon), fukemachizuki (the 20th day-moon), nijusanya (the 23rd day-moon), yoiyami (dark at night).
If we add the subtitles to each word related to the moon, the seasonal words would swell in number. And these seasonal words are included in September. For example, yoiyami means to be darkness at night about 20th day on the lunar calendar, as the moon doesn't rise till ten o'clock.
I hope you to study the correct meaning of each seasonal word and how to use it appropriately by consulting a saijiki.
© Inahata Teiko, NATURE AND OUR LIFE
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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
葉月潮 伊雑の宮を さしてゆく
hazukijio Izoo no miya o sashite yuku
The tides of August
coming on a pilgrimage
to the Izoo Shrine.
. Yamaguchi Seishi 山口誓子 .
Composed 1976.
In August the great tides of the Pacific Ocean roll into Matoya Bay and, after passing through a narrow strait, enter the Izoo Lagoon. A god is enshrined at the Izoo Shrine there, and the great tides come all that way to worship the god.
Tr. Kodaira & Marks
There is now a beautiful red bridge over Matoya Bay 的矢湾大橋 and a memorial stone with this haiku by Seishi.
source : www.kanko-shima.com
hazuki, literally "leaf month,"
was the name of the eighth month on the lunar calendar, which in an average year would begin in mid-September on the Julian calendar. Seishi's note seems to indicate, however, that he is in fact speaking of the eighth month on the Julian calendar, August. Even so, the season remains autumn because the seasons in haiku are based on the old lunar calendar, and they begin and end about six and a half weeks earlier, on average, than those by the Julian calendar.
Thus, autumn runs from about August 8 to November 6.
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September morn...
a hen's endearments
for its brood
September morn...
a white butterfly brightens
the silent garden
September morn...
the rigid pen tames
sleeping puppies
September morn...
sweet potato sprouts crowd
the mossy catwalk
September morn...
a lone street sweeper pauses
for a breather
w.r. bongcaron, Philippines, September 2008"
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Related words
***** Calendar reference kigo
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the complete SAIJIKI
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September (kugatsu 九月)
***** Location: Japan, worldwide
***** Season: Mid-Autumn
***** Category: Season
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Explanation
Haiku kugatsu in the Edo period relates to the climate of present-day October,
but some festivals are dated in our present-day September.
. . Names of Japanese months and their meanings . .
leaf month, hazuki 葉月 (はづき)
kigo for mid-autumn
other names for this month (the 8th month in the Asian lunar calendar, now September)
related kigo to this month
month for moon viewing, tsukimi zuki 月見月(つきみづき)
month with autumn wind, akikaze zuki 秋風月(あきかぜづき)
kusatsu zuki 草津月(くさつづき)
"trees start to color" kosome zuki 木染月(こそめづき)
nozome zuki 濃染月(こぞめづき)
red colored month, benizome zuki 紅染月(べにぞめづき)
month with bushclover, hagizuki 萩月(はぎづき)
month when swallows leave, tsubame sari zuki
燕去月(つばめさりづき)、
month when geese come, kari kuzuki 雁来月(かりくづき)
soogetsu 荘月(そうげつ), keigetsu桂月(けいげつ)
chuuritsu 中律(ちゅうりつ), nangetsu 難月(なんげつ)
chuushoo 中商(ちゅうしょう)
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the complete SAIJIKI
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September---
All Things in Universe Becomes Clear in Autumn
Inahata Teiko
When September comes, the air becomes clearer and a sense of crisp autumn becomes deeper. When we think of a representative seasonal word of this time, there is nothing beyond tsuki (the moon). As shown by the phrase, setsu-getu-ka (the snow, the moon, the flower), the moon, which symbolizes the beauty of nature of this season, has appeared in a lot of poems and literary works from the old times.
According to this tradition, tsuki (the moon) in haiku stands for the moon in autumn, and a number of the excellent haiku poems have been composed on the subject of the moon. Because the moon is the brightest in the year as the air of this season becomes the clearest.
Autumn is the season in which we are lost in deep thought, as shown by a seasonal word, shushi (the deep grief of autumn). The moon has been the best subject in which we convey our feelings or deep emotions. Even after the space satellite Apollo reached the moon and sent the picture of the surface of the moon to the earth, the above-mentioned perception doesn't change, does it?
There are many seasonal words related to the moon in the glossary of seasonal terms for haiku composers; hatsuzuki(the new moon), futsukazuki (the second day-moon), mikazuki (the third-day moon), yuzukiyo (the moonlit evening ), tsuki (the moon), matsuyoi (the waiting evening), meigetsu (the harvest moon), tsukimi (the moon-viewing), ryoya (the clear full moon), mugetsu (no moon), ugetsu (the moon in the rain), izayoi (the 16th day-moon), tachimachizuki (the 17th day- moon), imachizuki (the 18th day-moon), fushimachizuki (the 19th day-moon), fukemachizuki (the 20th day-moon), nijusanya (the 23rd day-moon), yoiyami (dark at night).
If we add the subtitles to each word related to the moon, the seasonal words would swell in number. And these seasonal words are included in September. For example, yoiyami means to be darkness at night about 20th day on the lunar calendar, as the moon doesn't rise till ten o'clock.
I hope you to study the correct meaning of each seasonal word and how to use it appropriately by consulting a saijiki.
© Inahata Teiko, NATURE AND OUR LIFE
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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
葉月潮 伊雑の宮を さしてゆく
hazukijio Izoo no miya o sashite yuku
The tides of August
coming on a pilgrimage
to the Izoo Shrine.
. Yamaguchi Seishi 山口誓子 .
Composed 1976.
In August the great tides of the Pacific Ocean roll into Matoya Bay and, after passing through a narrow strait, enter the Izoo Lagoon. A god is enshrined at the Izoo Shrine there, and the great tides come all that way to worship the god.
Tr. Kodaira & Marks
There is now a beautiful red bridge over Matoya Bay 的矢湾大橋 and a memorial stone with this haiku by Seishi.
source : www.kanko-shima.com
hazuki, literally "leaf month,"
was the name of the eighth month on the lunar calendar, which in an average year would begin in mid-September on the Julian calendar. Seishi's note seems to indicate, however, that he is in fact speaking of the eighth month on the Julian calendar, August. Even so, the season remains autumn because the seasons in haiku are based on the old lunar calendar, and they begin and end about six and a half weeks earlier, on average, than those by the Julian calendar.
Thus, autumn runs from about August 8 to November 6.
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September morn...
a hen's endearments
for its brood
September morn...
a white butterfly brightens
the silent garden
September morn...
the rigid pen tames
sleeping puppies
September morn...
sweet potato sprouts crowd
the mossy catwalk
September morn...
a lone street sweeper pauses
for a breather
w.r. bongcaron, Philippines, September 2008"
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***** Calendar reference kigo
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8/21/2006
Typhoon, Hurricane
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Typhoon, Hurricane, Cyclone
***** Location: Japan, North America, Tropics
***** Season: Mid-Autumn in Japan,
.....................late tropical rainy season
***** Category: Heaven
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Explanation
"Women Running in a Storm", Isoda Koryūsai (1735–1790)
taifuu 台風 typhoon, Taifun
In Japan, typhoon is a kigo for mid-autumn, mostly September when most of them hit the islands.
In America, these strong winds are called hurricane.
"violent storm, hurricane," from Gk. typhon "whirlwind,"
personified as a giant, father of the winds, perhaps from typhein "to smoke." Or borrowed from Chinese (Cantonese) tai fung "a great wind," from tu "big" + feng "wind;" name given to violent cyclonic storms in the China seas. A third possibility is tufan, a word in Arabic, Persian and Hindi meaning "big cyclonic storm," which may be from the Gk., or from Ar. tafa "to turn round."
source : www.etymonline.com
quote
The Greek word (tuphon) meaning whirlwind, and the Arabic word (tufan) meaning deluge, or (tafa) meaning overflow or walkabout seem to be the origin of typhoon, which the Chinese seem to have adopted and created a new word big wind, or ta feng. In the face of the forces of nature manifesting themselves in typhoons and earthquakes, you may understand the 'modesty' and 'humility' of the Japanese people (of the past) towards the almighty nature.
Susumu Takiguchi
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http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/images/hurricanepaths.GIF
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"parting the fields" nowaki 野分, のわき
"field-dividing" wind, "field-divider"
kigo for mid-autumn
Usually between the day 210 and 220 after the beginning of spring (risshun). Typhoon, autumn gale or strong windstorm at this time. It stressed the WIND aspect of a typhoon, not the rain.
strong windstorm, autumn storm, nowake 野わけ(のわけ)
.... nowakidatsu 野分だつ(のわきだつ), 野分き立つ
clouds of a windstorm, nowakigumo 野分雲(のわきぐも)
aftermath of a windstorm, nowaki ato 野分跡(のわきあと)
fine weather after a windstorm, nowaki bare 野分晴(のわきばれ)
Living in the rice fields of Western Japan, I have come to see this "parting of the fields" quite often after our autumn typhoons. It hurts to see the ripe ears of rice hang down on the ground to the right and left of a swath of flattened stems.
Nowaki (野分 Nowaki)
is a short Japanese novel by Natsume Sōseki (1867-1916). Written in 1907, the novel was published in the magazine Hototogisu in January. The year 1907 was a turning point in the author’s life when he left his Tokyo University teaching position to write full-time for the daily Asahi Shimbun.
© More in the WIKIPEDIA !
. . . . .
Genji Monogatari : Chapter 28
Nowaki 野分 Typhoon
第二十八帖 野分
. Genji Monogatari 源氏物語 The Tale of Genji .
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kigo for mid-summer
mizu mimai 水見舞 (みずみまい)
visiting after a water damage
lit. "water visit"
After a typhoon has brought damage in the form of flooding and landslides, it was customary to visit relatives and friends and support them with money and other help.
. SAIJIKI ... HUMANITY - Kigo for Summer
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Hiroshige
歌川広重 -「六十余州名所図会 美作 山伏谷」
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Trinidad and Tobago
During the late RAINY SEASON/WET SEASON storm watch, and storm or hurricane warnings are as natural as sunrise and sunset. Such public notices are authorised and issues from the National Agency responsible for Disaster preparedness and management; NEMA
storm watch
in the uncanny calmness
a hazy sunset
hurricane warning
the stray cats
have gone away
the storm having passed on
sunny day
the call of a kis-ka-dee
Gillena 2004
Hurricane relief, storm relief
kigo for the Late wet season
scorching hot day
water tops
the hurricane relief list
Gillena Cox
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North America
During the six-month hurricane season that runs from June 1 through Nov. 30, the center is responsible for alerting people to storms in a vast expanse of two oceans, the Atlantic and eastern Pacific.
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Things found on the way
. Typhoon legends - taifū 台風 伝説 Taifun Legenden .
. The Wind God, Fuujin 風神 Fujin、Fuu-ten 風天 .
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HAIKU
September 2005
i gratefully write that my area was not directly affected by hurricane rita.
however, we were close enough to experience the tips of the spiral nebula that was the storm.
all thru the afternoon before landfall and all the next two days, we at the fringes of the 170 mile wide storm were amazed at the spectacle of watching the arms of the storm spiral overhead. sweeping arms of cloud, hazy sunshine, cloud, sunshine .... repeated every hour. ten minutes of sun for every hour of cloud.
the hurricane's approach
spiral fingers
of pink clouds
we just got high winds and nary a drop of rain.
hurricane threat past
rehanging the windchimes
gratefully,
susan delphine delaney MD
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waiting for
mighty strong number fourteen -
katrina on my mind
Then it comes to hit Japan:
Typhoon Nabi 14 September 2005 台風14号
fallen leaves
fallen fruit and
fallen hopes
............................... Green Apples fallen by typhoon 14
............................... Humans Powerless Katrina 2005
Gabi Greve
Our Typhoon Season in Japan, 2007
From 2004
typhoon -
in the folds of my robe
a bee hiding
cleaning the street
with a broom like old Jittoku -
typhoon destruction
some forgotten clouds
hooked to the mountains -
typhoon is over
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in the moonlit night
children swirl on a cold verandah --
China typhoon
yamame winslause, Kenya
August 2009
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© Haiga by Sakuo Nakamura
芦の穂の波に屯ス野分哉
ashi no ho no nami ni tamuro su nowaki kana
this typhoon
is hanging out making waves
in the ears of the reeds . . .
Kobayashi Issa
Tr. Gabi Greve
. . READ : Discussion of the translation.
狂乱の野分ありたき我思ひ
kyooran no nowaki aritaki waga omoi
Ah, that my thoughts
Might have the frenzy
Of this "field-dividing" wind!
Masaoka Shiki
Tr. Blyth
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Related words
***** WIND in various kigo
***** Wind Chimes (fuurin, Japan)
. Typhoon (Hurricane)
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Typhoon, Hurricane, Cyclone
***** Location: Japan, North America, Tropics
***** Season: Mid-Autumn in Japan,
.....................late tropical rainy season
***** Category: Heaven
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Explanation
"Women Running in a Storm", Isoda Koryūsai (1735–1790)
taifuu 台風 typhoon, Taifun
In Japan, typhoon is a kigo for mid-autumn, mostly September when most of them hit the islands.
In America, these strong winds are called hurricane.
"violent storm, hurricane," from Gk. typhon "whirlwind,"
personified as a giant, father of the winds, perhaps from typhein "to smoke." Or borrowed from Chinese (Cantonese) tai fung "a great wind," from tu "big" + feng "wind;" name given to violent cyclonic storms in the China seas. A third possibility is tufan, a word in Arabic, Persian and Hindi meaning "big cyclonic storm," which may be from the Gk., or from Ar. tafa "to turn round."
source : www.etymonline.com
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The Greek word (tuphon) meaning whirlwind, and the Arabic word (tufan) meaning deluge, or (tafa) meaning overflow or walkabout seem to be the origin of typhoon, which the Chinese seem to have adopted and created a new word big wind, or ta feng. In the face of the forces of nature manifesting themselves in typhoons and earthquakes, you may understand the 'modesty' and 'humility' of the Japanese people (of the past) towards the almighty nature.
Susumu Takiguchi
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"parting the fields" nowaki 野分, のわき
"field-dividing" wind, "field-divider"
kigo for mid-autumn
Usually between the day 210 and 220 after the beginning of spring (risshun). Typhoon, autumn gale or strong windstorm at this time. It stressed the WIND aspect of a typhoon, not the rain.
strong windstorm, autumn storm, nowake 野わけ(のわけ)
.... nowakidatsu 野分だつ(のわきだつ), 野分き立つ
clouds of a windstorm, nowakigumo 野分雲(のわきぐも)
aftermath of a windstorm, nowaki ato 野分跡(のわきあと)
fine weather after a windstorm, nowaki bare 野分晴(のわきばれ)
Living in the rice fields of Western Japan, I have come to see this "parting of the fields" quite often after our autumn typhoons. It hurts to see the ripe ears of rice hang down on the ground to the right and left of a swath of flattened stems.
Nowaki (野分 Nowaki)
is a short Japanese novel by Natsume Sōseki (1867-1916). Written in 1907, the novel was published in the magazine Hototogisu in January. The year 1907 was a turning point in the author’s life when he left his Tokyo University teaching position to write full-time for the daily Asahi Shimbun.
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. . . . .
Genji Monogatari : Chapter 28
Nowaki 野分 Typhoon
第二十八帖 野分
. Genji Monogatari 源氏物語 The Tale of Genji .
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kigo for mid-summer
mizu mimai 水見舞 (みずみまい)
visiting after a water damage
lit. "water visit"
After a typhoon has brought damage in the form of flooding and landslides, it was customary to visit relatives and friends and support them with money and other help.
. SAIJIKI ... HUMANITY - Kigo for Summer
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Hiroshige
歌川広重 -「六十余州名所図会 美作 山伏谷」
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Worldwide use
Trinidad and Tobago
During the late RAINY SEASON/WET SEASON storm watch, and storm or hurricane warnings are as natural as sunrise and sunset. Such public notices are authorised and issues from the National Agency responsible for Disaster preparedness and management; NEMA
storm watch
in the uncanny calmness
a hazy sunset
hurricane warning
the stray cats
have gone away
the storm having passed on
sunny day
the call of a kis-ka-dee
Gillena 2004
Hurricane relief, storm relief
kigo for the Late wet season
scorching hot day
water tops
the hurricane relief list
Gillena Cox
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North America
During the six-month hurricane season that runs from June 1 through Nov. 30, the center is responsible for alerting people to storms in a vast expanse of two oceans, the Atlantic and eastern Pacific.
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Things found on the way
. Typhoon legends - taifū 台風 伝説 Taifun Legenden .
. The Wind God, Fuujin 風神 Fujin、Fuu-ten 風天 .
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HAIKU
September 2005
i gratefully write that my area was not directly affected by hurricane rita.
however, we were close enough to experience the tips of the spiral nebula that was the storm.
all thru the afternoon before landfall and all the next two days, we at the fringes of the 170 mile wide storm were amazed at the spectacle of watching the arms of the storm spiral overhead. sweeping arms of cloud, hazy sunshine, cloud, sunshine .... repeated every hour. ten minutes of sun for every hour of cloud.
the hurricane's approach
spiral fingers
of pink clouds
we just got high winds and nary a drop of rain.
hurricane threat past
rehanging the windchimes
gratefully,
susan delphine delaney MD
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waiting for
mighty strong number fourteen -
katrina on my mind
Then it comes to hit Japan:
Typhoon Nabi 14 September 2005 台風14号
fallen leaves
fallen fruit and
fallen hopes
............................... Green Apples fallen by typhoon 14
............................... Humans Powerless Katrina 2005
Gabi Greve
Our Typhoon Season in Japan, 2007
From 2004
typhoon -
in the folds of my robe
a bee hiding
cleaning the street
with a broom like old Jittoku -
typhoon destruction
some forgotten clouds
hooked to the mountains -
typhoon is over
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in the moonlit night
children swirl on a cold verandah --
China typhoon
yamame winslause, Kenya
August 2009
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© Haiga by Sakuo Nakamura
芦の穂の波に屯ス野分哉
ashi no ho no nami ni tamuro su nowaki kana
this typhoon
is hanging out making waves
in the ears of the reeds . . .
Kobayashi Issa
Tr. Gabi Greve
. . READ : Discussion of the translation.
狂乱の野分ありたき我思ひ
kyooran no nowaki aritaki waga omoi
Ah, that my thoughts
Might have the frenzy
Of this "field-dividing" wind!
Masaoka Shiki
Tr. Blyth
*****************************
Related words
***** WIND in various kigo
***** Wind Chimes (fuurin, Japan)
. Typhoon (Hurricane)
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Tibet
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TIBET
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Tibet is a plateau region in Central Asia and the home to the indigenous Tibetan people. With an average elevation of 4,900 metres (16,000 ft), it is the highest region on Earth and is commonly referred to as the "Roof of the World." Geographically, UNESCO and Encyclopædia Britannica consider Tibet to be part of Central Asia, while several academic organizations controversially consider it part of South Asia.
Many parts of the region were united in the seventh century by King Songtsän Gampo. Power eventually shifted to the Dalai Lama, a position that combined spiritual and political power. Between the 17th century and 1951, the Dalai Lama and his regents were the predominant political power administering religious and administrative authority over large parts of Tibet from the traditional capital Lhasa.
Tibet proclaimed its independence from China in 1911, right before the fall of the Qing government. However, "at no time did any western power come out in favor of its independence or grant it diplomatic recognition.”
The People's Republic of China (PRC), citing historical records and the Seventeen Point Agreement signed by the Tibetan government in 1951, claims Tibet as a part of China (with a small part, depending on definitions, controlled by India). Currently every country in the world recognizes China's sovereignty over Tibet. Dalai Lama, the head of the Tibetan government in exile, does not reject China’s sovereignty over Tibet:
“Tibet Wants Autonomy, Not Independence.”
© More in the WIKIPEDIA !
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Demonstration for a Free Tibet
Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, New York City, March 22, 2008
The day started out with a temperature of about 32 degrees farenheit, colder than usual for this time of year. When I went into the Japan Society building around 11 a.m., the New York Police Department (NYPD) was setting up barricades across the street in Dag Hammarskjold Plaza.
When I came back outside at around 1 p.m., there were, I would estimate, between 200 to 300 demonstrators, mostly Tibetan, holding Tibetan flags and chanting slogans, with the UN building looming up behind them a few blocks away. These flags weren't the little hand-held ones on small wooden sticks that are waved at sporting events. These were full-sized flags on poles that require both hands to hold uprignt.
There were New York City police present, both Patrol Officers and Community Affairs Officers, as well as four Mounted Patrol Officers on their well-groomed horses.
Most of the chants were derogatory toward China. One of the NYPD officers I saw looked to be ethnic Chinese. If I had been more courageous, I would have asked him how he felt hearing these anti-Chinese slogans being chanted.
I spent some time watching some of the children there with their parents among the demonstrators. The children chanted the slogans too, but seemed more pre-occupied playing with the protest signs they were carrying than putting all their attention and energy into chanting as their parents were doing. I was handed a couple of printed flyers detailing the situation in Tibet, and what people could do to help, and then with a backward glance at the Tibetan flags fluttering and flapping in the gusty wind, I went on my way.
a cold wind blowing
as if from far-off mountains:
Tibetan flags fly!
Larry Bole, March 2008
Tibet Info Net
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Lhabab Düchen
is one of the four Buddhist festivals commemorating four events in the life of the Buddha, according to Tibetan traditions. Lhabab Düchen occurs on the 22nd day of the ninth month on a Tibetan calendar.
This is a Buddhist festival celebrated to observe the descent of Buddha from heaven back to earth. Buddha had left for heaven at the age of 41, having ascended to The Heaven of Thirty-Three (Trayastrimsa) in order to give teachings to benefit the gods in the desire realms and to repay the kindness of his mother by liberating her from Samsara. He was exhorted by his follower and representative Maudgalyayana to return, and after a long debate managed to return. This is considered to be one of the eight great deeds of the Buddha. He returned to earth by a special triple ladder prepared by Viswakarma, the god of machines.
On Lhabab Duchen, the effects of positive or negative actions are multiplied ten million times. It is part of Tibetan Buddhist tradition to engage in virtuous activities and prayer on this day.In 2013 Lhabab Duchen starts on Full Moon November 17 and ends November 24.
© More in the WIKIPEDIA !
The Stupa of the Descent from Tushita Heaven (Wyl. lha bab mchod rten)
The Buddha's mother, Mayadevi, was reborn in a celestial realm called the Tushita Heaven. To repay her kindness, the Buddha spent three months there and taught her the path to enlightenment.
This stupa represents the Buddha’s return from the celestial realms in order to continue teaching the people of northern India. Each side of the stupa has a stairway in the centre of the four steps.
source : www.rigpawiki.org/index
full moon-
on the stupa of descent
our prayers multiply
Angelee Deodhar
India 2013
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Communist Empire
stubbing the free Tibetans;
same face of the man.
(c) Aju Mukhopadhyay, 2008
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Winter in Tibet
a day in winter
high up on the white mountain –
never-ending tale
© Fluerau Petre, 2006
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flamme olympique...
à peine visible
derrière la police
Serge Tomé
Tibet and the Olympics in China, 2008
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Tibetan Daruma
© ARTISTS WITHOUT BORDERS / ARTISTS OF THE WORLD.
wonderous world -
Tibetan Eyes for my
Daruma san
Gabi Greve, 2007
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TIBET
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Tibet is a plateau region in Central Asia and the home to the indigenous Tibetan people. With an average elevation of 4,900 metres (16,000 ft), it is the highest region on Earth and is commonly referred to as the "Roof of the World." Geographically, UNESCO and Encyclopædia Britannica consider Tibet to be part of Central Asia, while several academic organizations controversially consider it part of South Asia.
Many parts of the region were united in the seventh century by King Songtsän Gampo. Power eventually shifted to the Dalai Lama, a position that combined spiritual and political power. Between the 17th century and 1951, the Dalai Lama and his regents were the predominant political power administering religious and administrative authority over large parts of Tibet from the traditional capital Lhasa.
Tibet proclaimed its independence from China in 1911, right before the fall of the Qing government. However, "at no time did any western power come out in favor of its independence or grant it diplomatic recognition.”
The People's Republic of China (PRC), citing historical records and the Seventeen Point Agreement signed by the Tibetan government in 1951, claims Tibet as a part of China (with a small part, depending on definitions, controlled by India). Currently every country in the world recognizes China's sovereignty over Tibet. Dalai Lama, the head of the Tibetan government in exile, does not reject China’s sovereignty over Tibet:
“Tibet Wants Autonomy, Not Independence.”
© More in the WIKIPEDIA !
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Demonstration for a Free Tibet
Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, New York City, March 22, 2008
The day started out with a temperature of about 32 degrees farenheit, colder than usual for this time of year. When I went into the Japan Society building around 11 a.m., the New York Police Department (NYPD) was setting up barricades across the street in Dag Hammarskjold Plaza.
When I came back outside at around 1 p.m., there were, I would estimate, between 200 to 300 demonstrators, mostly Tibetan, holding Tibetan flags and chanting slogans, with the UN building looming up behind them a few blocks away. These flags weren't the little hand-held ones on small wooden sticks that are waved at sporting events. These were full-sized flags on poles that require both hands to hold uprignt.
There were New York City police present, both Patrol Officers and Community Affairs Officers, as well as four Mounted Patrol Officers on their well-groomed horses.
Most of the chants were derogatory toward China. One of the NYPD officers I saw looked to be ethnic Chinese. If I had been more courageous, I would have asked him how he felt hearing these anti-Chinese slogans being chanted.
I spent some time watching some of the children there with their parents among the demonstrators. The children chanted the slogans too, but seemed more pre-occupied playing with the protest signs they were carrying than putting all their attention and energy into chanting as their parents were doing. I was handed a couple of printed flyers detailing the situation in Tibet, and what people could do to help, and then with a backward glance at the Tibetan flags fluttering and flapping in the gusty wind, I went on my way.
a cold wind blowing
as if from far-off mountains:
Tibetan flags fly!
Larry Bole, March 2008
Tibet Info Net
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- quote
Lhabab Düchen
is one of the four Buddhist festivals commemorating four events in the life of the Buddha, according to Tibetan traditions. Lhabab Düchen occurs on the 22nd day of the ninth month on a Tibetan calendar.
This is a Buddhist festival celebrated to observe the descent of Buddha from heaven back to earth. Buddha had left for heaven at the age of 41, having ascended to The Heaven of Thirty-Three (Trayastrimsa) in order to give teachings to benefit the gods in the desire realms and to repay the kindness of his mother by liberating her from Samsara. He was exhorted by his follower and representative Maudgalyayana to return, and after a long debate managed to return. This is considered to be one of the eight great deeds of the Buddha. He returned to earth by a special triple ladder prepared by Viswakarma, the god of machines.
On Lhabab Duchen, the effects of positive or negative actions are multiplied ten million times. It is part of Tibetan Buddhist tradition to engage in virtuous activities and prayer on this day.In 2013 Lhabab Duchen starts on Full Moon November 17 and ends November 24.
© More in the WIKIPEDIA !
The Stupa of the Descent from Tushita Heaven (Wyl. lha bab mchod rten)
The Buddha's mother, Mayadevi, was reborn in a celestial realm called the Tushita Heaven. To repay her kindness, the Buddha spent three months there and taught her the path to enlightenment.
This stupa represents the Buddha’s return from the celestial realms in order to continue teaching the people of northern India. Each side of the stupa has a stairway in the centre of the four steps.
source : www.rigpawiki.org/index
full moon-
on the stupa of descent
our prayers multiply
Angelee Deodhar
India 2013
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Communist Empire
stubbing the free Tibetans;
same face of the man.
(c) Aju Mukhopadhyay, 2008
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Winter in Tibet
a day in winter
high up on the white mountain –
never-ending tale
© Fluerau Petre, 2006
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
flamme olympique...
à peine visible
derrière la police
Serge Tomé
Tibet and the Olympics in China, 2008
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Tibetan Daruma
© ARTISTS WITHOUT BORDERS / ARTISTS OF THE WORLD.
wonderous world -
Tibetan Eyes for my
Daruma san
Gabi Greve, 2007
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Related Items
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茶馬古道(ちゃばこどう) Chaba Kodoo
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by Tenzin P. Atisha
Rain Rituals and Haiku
INDIA SAIJIKI
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