festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
festival; feast; carnival; matsuri
school festival; cultural festival; annual open day school event showcasing student talent
school festival; campus festival
(school) athletic festival; sports day; field day
summer festival; summer matsuri
festival merrymaking; revelry
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
a day after the fair; (at a) stage when it's too late
to set (someone) up (in a high position); to kick upstairs; to hold sacred; to worship; to flatter
ritual; religious service; festival
closing party; closing event of a school, etc. festival
event held the night before another event; eve (of a festival) (e.g. Christmas Eve)
to kill an enemy soldier before the start of a battle to raise spirits; to kill viciously; to victimize; to torment
killing an enemy soldier before the start of a battle to raise spirits; blood offering; killing violently; bloodbath; menstruation
Thanksgiving (Day); customer appreciation event; thank you (for your patronage) sales campaign
to kill an enemy soldier before the start of a battle to raise spirits; to kill viciously; to victimize; to torment
festival; feast; carnival; matsuri
important ceremonial occasions in family relationships
national holiday; festival day
autumn festival; fall festival; autumn matsuri
festive mood; holiday mood; festive atmosphere
Gion Festival (in Kyoto during the month of July, with high point on the 17th)
equipment used in a ritual; ritual implement
anniversary; commemoration
midsummer feast; summer solstice celebration; St John's day
first ceremonial offering of rice by newly enthroned Emperor
Hinamatsuri (March 3); Hina Matsuri; Girls' Festival; Dolls' Festival
(traditional) festival music
international film festival
carnival (festival held before Lent)
address to the gods; type of song which spread from mountain hermits to the laity during the Kamakura era
vestments worn by priests and attendants (Shinto, Christian, etc.)
(traditional) festival music
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver
Christmas; Nativity; celebration of the birthday of a saint or great man
ceremonial offering to the deities by the Emperor of newly-harvested rice
Buddha's birthday festival (April 8th); Vesak
Venice International Film Festival
fire festival (often celebrating the absence of fires); New Year's ritual at Izumo Shrine; festival involving fire dedicated to the gods
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata
tree-planting ceremony; Arbor Day
funerals and ceremonial occasions
Aoi Festival (Kyoto, May 15); Aoi Matsuri
equipment used in rituals
summer festival; summer matsuri
Hinamatsuri (March 3); Hina Matsuri; Girls' Festival; Dolls' Festival
Berlin International Film Festival
(head) priest; head priest of the Ise Shrine
village festival; autumn festival; harvest festival
ceremony for purifying a building site (before building commences); ground-breaking ceremony
main festival; main day of a festival
person conducting a ritual; priest directing a ceremony; chief priest; conducting a ritual
university festival; rag day
to set (someone) up (in a high position); to kick upstairs; to hold sacred; to worship; to flatter
Buddha's birthday festival (April 8th); Vesak
ritual implement storehouse
spring festival; spring matsuri
arraying a number of reference books in order to compose poetry; literary composition crammed with maxims, ancient episodes, legends, etc.; otters lining a catch of fish on a river bank; (people) making offerings (esp. of fish)
strange festival; odd festival
a day after the fair; (at a) stage when it's too late
winter festival; winter matsuri
regular festival; annual festival
centenary; centennial celebration
Aomori Nebuta Festival (August 2-7)
ceremony for the repose of a soul; ceremony to pray for the long life of the emperor, empress, crown prince, etc.
Catholic rite (e.g. mass); hierurgy
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver
Sanja Festival (Asakusa Shrine in Tokyo, third weekend of May)
Festival of the Ages (held at Heian Jingu Shrine in Kyoto on October 22); Jidai Festival
unity of church and state; theocracy
ceremony honouring the spirits of ancestors (esp. the Bon festival)
(traditional) festival music
festival merrymaking; revelry
offering of the year's new rice harvest (imperial festival, October 17)
festival merrymaking; revelry
Kanda Festival (held at Kanda Myōjin Shrine in Tokyo on May 15)
ceremony honouring the spirits of ancestors (esp. the Bon festival)
great customer appreciation sale (held at year-end, on a company anniversary, etc.)
fire festival (often celebrating the absence of fires); New Year's ritual at Izumo Shrine; festival involving fire dedicated to the gods
autumn festival; fall festival; autumn matsuri
to kill an enemy soldier before the start of a battle to raise spirits; to kill viciously; to victimize; to torment
ceremony honouring the spirits of ancestors (esp. the Bon festival)
imperial memorial ceremony (held on the anniversary of the emperor's or empress's death, on fixed years)
semi-naked festival; festival in which the participants go naked apart from loin-cloths
Hinamatsuri (March 3); Hina Matsuri; Girls' Festival; Dolls' Festival
Nebuta Festival (in Aomori, August 2-7)
prayer service for a good crop
ceremony to celebrate crossing the equator
official who arranges festival and rites
main festival; main day of a festival
winter festival; winter matsuri
Independence Day celebration
spring festival; spring matsuri
burnt offering (i.e. religious animal sacrifice)
traditional festival on Iriomote Island (southern Okinawa)
festival; feast; carnival; matsuri
Nebuta Festival (in Aomori, August 2-7)
to kill an enemy soldier before the start of a battle to raise spirits; to kill viciously; to victimize; to torment
Thanksgiving Day; harvest festival
boat festival; festival with portable shrines carried on boats
plum blossom festival (held at Kitano Shrine on February 25)
boat festival; festival with portable shrines carried on boats
festival; feast; carnival; matsuri
festival celebrating the (temporary) transfer of a shintai away from its main shrine
Gion Festival (in Kyoto during the month of July, with high point on the 17th)
danjiri festival; cart-pulling festival
joint service for the war dead
ceremony for moving a deity to a new site
Sannō Festival (Hie Shrine in Tokyo; June 15); Sannō Festival (Hie Shrine in Shiga; April 14)
Scarecrow Festival; Kakashi Festival
ceremony honouring the spirits of ancestors (esp. the Bon festival)
small festival held the night before the main festival; eve of a festival
festival in honor of Daikokuten
memorial service (esp. for war dead)
ceremony honouring the spirits of ancestors (esp. the Bon festival)
shrine ritual held within the first two months of the year to forecast or pray for a successful harvest; seasonal planting of rice on a field affiliated with a shrine
Ascension Day; Feast of the Ascension
to kill an enemy soldier before the start of a battle to raise spirits; to kill viciously; to victimize; to torment
Okinawan festival held in the honour of the sea gods (honor)
boat festival; festival with portable shrines carried on boats
fertility festival; harvest festival
small festival held the night before the main festival; eve of a festival
to enshrine; to promote (a troublesome person) to a less influential position; to kick upstairs
Aoi Festival (Kyoto, May 15); Aoi Matsuri
Sanja Festival (Asakusa Shrine in Tokyo, third weekend of May)
Kanda Festival (held at Kanda Myōjin Shrine in Tokyo on May 15)
imperial ceremony of ancestor worship formerly held on the autumnal equinox
Venice International Film Festival
Festival of Emperor Jimmu (formerly held annually on April 3, the supposed day of his death)
(traditional) festival music
tomb sweeping festival (Okinawa, April 4 or 5)
rites conducted by the emperor
semi-naked festival; festival in which the participants go naked apart from loin-cloths
to perform religious services for the departed souls of one's ancestors
imperial ceremony of ancestor worship formerly held on the vernal equinox
Monte-Carlo Television Festival
transfer ceremony (wherein a shrine's sacred object is moved from one building to another)
Bellows Festival; festival for blacksmiths and foundries on the eighth day of the eleventh month of the lunar calendar, on which they would clean their bellows and pray
father confessor; confessor
to enshrine; to promote (a troublesome person) to a less influential position; to kick upstairs
ceremony for the repose of a soul; ceremony to pray for the long life of the emperor, empress, crown prince, etc.
ridgepole-raising ceremony
Ainu bear-sacrifice festival; Iomante
Aomori Nebuta Festival (August 2-7)
shrine ritual held with the first two months of the year to forecast (or pray for) a successful harvest; seasonal planting of rice on a field affiliated with a shrine
(rocky) seashore party; seashore festival; celebration in honor of the dragon god by fishermen after a good haul
Ara (constellation); the Altar
fixed-interval transfer ceremony (wherein a shrine's sacred object is transferred to a newly constructed main hall)
separation of church and state; separation of religious ritual and government administration
Ainu bear-sacrifice festival; Iomante
Sukkot; Succot; Feast of Tabernacles
Bellows Festival; festival for blacksmiths and foundries on the eighth day of the eleventh month of the lunar calendar, on which they would clean their bellows and pray
ceremony to purify the ring before the start of a tournament
equinoctial ceremony held by the emperor at the shrine of imperial ancestors
Jūrukunichī; New Year's Day of the Dead; Okinawan festival celebrated on the 16th day of the first month in the lunar calendar
Festival of the Ages (held at Heian Jingu Shrine in Kyoto on October 22); Jidai Festival
religious ceremony (to appease the gods)
festival merrymaking; revelry
Hinamatsuri (March 3); Hina Matsuri; Girls' Festival; Dolls' Festival
to set (someone) up (in a high position); to kick upstairs; to hold sacred; to worship; to flatter
Bellows Festival; festival for blacksmiths and foundries on the eighth day of the eleventh month of the lunar calendar, on which they would clean their bellows and pray
donation made at a ritual
festival celebrating the return of a shintai to its main shrine
rule; government; administration
festival merrymaking; revelry
to kill an enemy soldier before the start of a battle to raise spirits; to kill viciously; to victimize; to torment
offerings; offerings and worship
boat festival; festival with portable shrines carried on boats
Scarecrow Festival; Kakashi Festival
Scarecrow Festival; Kakashi Festival
Scarecrow Festival; Kakashi Festival
danjiri festival; cart-pulling festival
festival in honor of Daikokuten
shrine ritual held within the first two months of the year to forecast or pray for a successful harvest; seasonal planting of rice on a field affiliated with a shrine
shrine ritual held within the first two months of the year to forecast or pray for a successful harvest; seasonal planting of rice on a field affiliated with a shrine
shrine ritual held within the first two months of the year to forecast or pray for a successful harvest; seasonal planting of rice on a field affiliated with a shrine
shrine ritual held within the first two months of the year to forecast or pray for a successful harvest; seasonal planting of rice on a field affiliated with a shrine
shrine ritual held within the first two months of the year to forecast or pray for a successful harvest; seasonal planting of rice on a field affiliated with a shrine
Akita Kantō Festival (3-6 August)
Akita Kantō Festival (3-6 August)
Akita Kantō Festival (3-6 August)
Akita Kantō Festival (3-6 August)
Bellows Festival; festival for blacksmiths and foundries on the eighth day of the eleventh month of the lunar calendar, on which they would clean their bellows and pray
shrine ritual held with the first two months of the year to forecast (or pray for) a successful harvest; seasonal planting of rice on a field affiliated with a shrine
(rocky) seashore party; seashore festival; celebration in honor of the dragon god by fishermen after a good haul
Festival of Origins (January 3)
the Feast of Weeks; Pentecost
the Feast of Weeks; Pentecost
gift at a memorial service
kabuki performance in commemoration of Danjuro and Kikugoro
festival held by imperial order
shrine whose rituals are attended by an imperial envoy (who presents offerings)
Iwashimizu Festival (Sept. 15 festival held at Iwashimizu Hachimangu in Kyoto)
Kasuga Festival (held at Kasuga Taisha Shrine in Nara on March 13)
popular type of sushi bento, differing by regions; brand of sushi bento
popular type of sushi bento, differing by regions; brand of sushi bento
ceremony held to pray for good weather (during long periods of rain)
ceremony held to pray for good weather (during long periods of rain)
minor festival (held in place of a larger festival that is not recurring every year)
minor festival (held in place of a larger festival that is not recurring every year)
Festival of Zeus (held at Olympia every four years from 776 BCE to 393 BCE)
one of the 72 climates (from the 16th to the 20th of the first lunar month)
traditional festival in Kiryū City, Saitama
festival for requests and expressions of thanks to the gods (Okinawa)
festival tabi; strong, rubber-soled footwear worn by festival participants
day-after festival; night-after festival; (smaller) festival held the day (or night) after the main festival
day-after festival; night-after festival; (smaller) festival held the day (or night) after the main festival
birthday celebration (esp. for an idol or fictional character); birthday festival; birthday event; birth celebration (e.g. of a deity, religious figure, historical figure); nativity celebration
Roman Festivals (Respighi)