Toro Nagashi O-Bon Lanterns

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August Obon celebrations end with Toro Nagashi or the floating of lanterns when paper lanterns are illuminated then floated down rivers or on the ocean signaling the ancestral spirits' return to the world of the dead.

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August Obon celebrations end with Toro Nagashi or the floating of lanterns when paper lanterns are illuminated then floated down rivers or on the ocean signaling the ancestral spirits' return to the world of the dead.

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bon, obon, o-bon, japanese ceremony, japanese day of the dead, japanese summer, toro nagashi, japanese lanterns