she's a doll
Saturday, March 03, 2007
In Japan, today is Girl Day. “Hina-matsuri" is a traditional celebration day of girls. It's symbolized by the colour pink, peach blossoms and dolls.The overall idea of Hina-matsuri is to wish girls a healthy growth. In a family where a baby girl is born, parents give a set of dolls called “Hina-Ningyo” to the baby at her first Hina-matsuri hoping that she will grow happy, healthy and beautiful. Every year they keep decorating the dolls on the day of Hina-matsuri and hold a party to celebrate the child’s growth with some cake or tiny rice cakes.
Ping magazine has a great article all about Hina-matsuri that explains the dolls - including how they're supposed to be arranged and what they're supposed to wear and hold - as well as the foods (mostly pink, white and green!) that are part of the celebration. It's intertesting to see the mix of the traditional customs with modern consumer culture - even Hello Kitty has Hina-matsuri-themed snack products. Then again, who's more girly than Hello Kitty?
Read the whole story on Ping.
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