The Buddhist Church of Sacramento is holding festivities Saturday and Sunday in celebration of Obon, a Japanese Buddhist holiday commemorating the dead and honoring ancestors. In Japan, Obon, an ...

Obon Odori festivals are happening all throughout the Bay Area. This community outdoor dance honors those who have passed, and return to earth once a year to enjoy the earthly pleasures. Traditionally ...

Obon service and odori celebration: is at 2 p.m. with guest speaker the Rev. Mark Unno at the Buddhist Temple of Marin, 390 Miller Ave., Mill Valley. Go to buddhisttempleofmarin.org. Shabbat services: ...

Aug. 6—Bon Odori dancers circle their kimono-clad instructor Izumi Pierce, as she takes deliberate steps to the beat of a massive taiko drum. Buddhist Mari Haworth stands in an audience of around 20 ...

The paper lanterns and decorative fans will be hung with care, and soon 82-year-old Susumu Saiki will take his place behind the huge taiko -- a barrel-shaped drum that provides the rhythmic beatings ...

The heat could not stop this year’s Obon Festival at the Seabrook Buddhist Temple in Upper Deerfield Township Saturday evening. With temperatures in the high 90s, and the heat index over 100 degrees, ...

In an Aloha shirt and khakis, Ken Yamada doesn't exactly look like a Buddhist minister. But put the boyish 47-year-old reverend of Berkeley's Higashi Honganji in a roomful of folk-dancing parishioners ...

Obon, the Japanese Buddhist summer festival honoring the ancestors, continues on July 18 in Sebastopol with Obon Odori, traditional folk dancing in full costume. Audience participation is welcome. The ...

Japanese festival Obon is celebrated from today, Saturday August 13. The annual Buddhist festival is celebrated throughout the country of Japan. The national holiday is used to celebrate the ...

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