Noisy Festivals

Japanese festival is very noisy and showy. Almost naked men shoulder a big shrine, run around the town and scramble for something which has a tradition that it makes person who get it happy. It is very dangerous and looks strange. Generally, festivals are held in order to celebrate something, such as great harvest in the season, so I can’t connect such loud festivals with the purposes. Foreigners enjoy the strange festivals, but I think they also don’t understand their meanings.
　　　There are reasons for the noisy festivals. First, they show that we are fine. People suffered and perished in plague in a long time ago, so they held the festivals and drove off evil spirit. That people often strip them naked expresses that they are lively. Second, men shows their bravery in the festivals. In the old days, farmers needed strong men to take over the work. The festivals was chance to show how strong men were. Thus, men often scramble for something and compete. Finally, the festivals are entertainment. I think it is the most important reason. They are one of the tourist attractions and participants enjoy them to reduce the stress.
However, the loud festivals make people forget original purpose. To make noise becomes purpose. Actually, quarrel often happen and I can see people riding on the shrine, but it is not allowed. Certainly, I think it is not good, but I also think rules make the festivals lose attraction and dull. We need to remember the connection between the noisy festivals and the origins while enjoying them.

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This blog's color and font make the blog clear and enjoy us. The articles are fulled with some information, especially, the one about New Zealand. It is difficult that we understand all information at once in short presentation, but in blogs, even if a little difficult information,for example figures or statistic, is put on the article, we can look it closely later. It is very useful and impressed me.

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Harvest Moon...Autumn Festival

Harvest festival in England is held in autumn. People appreciates crops in the year to God. The moon which appears in the season is especially called “the Harvest Moon”. A long time ago, when there was not electricity farmers could work all the night under the light of the moon.
By the way, the harvest moon is famous as another event in Japan. People put some Japanese pampas grass, “susuki” and Japanese sweets, “dango”, which is made from rice powder, on the veranda And people watch the moon. I mean, the event is “tukimi”. “Tuki” means the moon, by the way, the harvest moon is called “tyusyu-no-meigetsu”in Japan. ”Mi” means watching.
The two events seems very different, but an area in Japan put some taros instead of dango to appreciate the Harvest. So when you held tukimi next time, how about watching the moon over appreciating it?

The Birds In New Zealand

New Zealand is the most serious for protection of its nature. When you enter it, you are checked carefully because New Zealand prohibits foreigners from bringing many things into the place. For example, raw material, dairy products, even processed goods made from them, and so on. It is to protect original nature from parasites. Actually, New Zealand has an experience that many kinds of animals and plants were extinguished by another animals and plants from foreign countries in the past. New Zealand is island country so many animals lived peacefully. Of course, the birds, too. They lost their feathers because they didn’t need them. So they didn’t protect themselves from foreign animals. The Kiwis noticed the mistake and started protection of their nature. One of the protection is ecotourism. It is made by travel agencies and the nation. Participants watch video about protection of nature and actually go seeing it. Ecotourism is not only to protect the nature but also to let foreigners know the present condition in New Zealand.

Movie

I rent a movie after a long separation. The name of the movie is “The Wind That Shakes the Barley(2006)”. This movie describes Ireland in 1920. Ireland was occupied by England in those days, and the Irish was going to rebel against the English. The resistance is described from the viewpoint of certain brothers. Cillian Murphy played one of the brothers. The director is Ken Loach.

It seems that this movie has been applauded by many people who watched it and they have said “I was moved to tears by it.” These things attracted me. However I was at a loss after watching it because I couldn’t feel impressed. It must be a good movie, but I can’t why it is good. I tried considering it.

The thing I feel only is a fear. I need to introduce you it. At the beginning of the story, the hero wasn’t an enthusiastic opponent, but he was gradually and deeply getting concerned in the resistance, and it finally caused the worst result. It is so scary. This movie describes the process with reality. It hasn’t exaggeration. Exaggeration often makes us feel impressed easily, but sometimes I think I need to think aggressively.

Commuting is exercise?

I walk, ride a bicycle and take a sauna bath (?) almost every day. I think commuting is exercise. In the morning I wake up early and go to the station by bicycle. Then I get on a train which is so hot like a sauna bath in summer. I get off it, then take a bus but I haven’t lost weight. Why I can’t lose weight? I’m sure that commuting is excessive excise. I feel stress everyday, so I carelessly eat too much. I have to do another exercise. For example soccer, basketball and basketball are great. It is important to enjoy and not to feel stress.

Excessive Diet

I thought that the people should exercise if they want to lose their weight and the person who didn’t do that were dull. Recently I found it misunderstanding, for I often neglect to diet myself because of stress which causes overweight. Then, we tend to rely on easy and fast ways, supplement and eating and throwing up. Excessive diet causes a serious problem so I think health is essential for diet. When we want to diet, we usually search the ways first of all. However, I recommend that you should know experiences of people who have dieted. I'm sure that they guide you to correct way.