Japan. The holiday every day

Matsuri is the religious and ritual festivals of Japan - in many ways differ from the festive dates marked by other nations. Some Matsuri are associated with the calendar of agricultural work, others, with the commencement of ancestors, the third - with aesthetics of the seasons, with natural and human cycles of life. But each of the Japanese holidays is striking with herbs, originality, the unity of all its participants. Matsuri is the origins of the peculiar culture of Japan, which can affect even the most expensive spectators. To evaluate this, it is enough to turn the pages of this publication.
In the representation of most Russians, the Japanese are avid workaholics, ready around the clock 365 days a year to work for the benefit of the native firm. This image is insistently chopped into the heads of our compatriots several generations of journalists and Japan. Meanwhile, such allegations are far enough from the truth. The Japanese love and, most importantly, know how to have fun at all worse than the representatives of other peoples.
In the book "Japan: Holiday every day" tells how and what holidays in the country celebrate holidays.
Holidays can be divided into two categories: Matsuri - religious festivals and Nestzu Gödyzi - festive calendar dates. Matsuri is mostly associated with the synthosted temple holidays and are held annually in the same days. Nestzu Gödyzi is a wider category of annual and seasonal events, in many respects drawn from Buddhism and Chinese history.
In other words, in the Japanese calendar, it is not for the day when anywhere does not pass your Matsouri, your festival, your carnival - for several dozen events every day. The holiday goes every day. About one festivals is known only in the local village, the whole country takes part in others. Newspapers regularly print information on their places and what transport is more convenient to get there. There would be a desire, and the participants of any Matsouri will be happy to meet visitors, both their, Japanese and foreign, will involve them in concerts and marching columns, teach them the main dance movements and traditional shouts, generously will come out with sake or beer.
Edition is richly illustrated and will be interested in all the enthusiastic culture of Japan