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Hina no Tsurushikazari (Hanging Decorations for Dolls Festival) - Japanese Wiki Corpus

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Hina no Tsurushikazari is a custom of hanging decorations in the Izuinatori area going back to the Edo period. They are decorated on both sides of Hina dolls on tiered platforms for the first sekku (seasonal turn) of the first daughter of a family to wish for good health and good match. In the past, the common people decorated them, while higher class people did it with Hina dolls on tiered platforms. In the Izuinatori erea, it was originally just called Tsurushi and did not have any other particular name. There are only a few old Tsurushikazaris left now, because people normally burn them at New Year Dondoyaki (fire festival) at each point of life of their children like 7th birthday, coming of age and getting married. Since 1993, it has been included in the handicraft course of the Inatori Women's Club and seen in a new light and got the name "Hina no Tsurushikazari". Tsurushi is written "吊るし" in Kanji, but the character is not appropriate to indicate lucky objects so it is not recomm

Hina no Tsurushikazari (Hanging Decorations for Dolls Festival) - Japanese Wiki Corpus Hina no Tsurushikazari (Hanging Decorations for Dolls Festival) ( 雛のつるし飾り ) Hina no Tsurushikazari is a custom of hanging decorations in the Izuinatori area going back to the Edo period. They are decorated on both sides of Hina dolls on tiered platforms for the first sekku (seasonal turn) of the first daughter of a family to wish for good health and good match. In the past, the common people decorated them, while higher class people did it with Hina dolls on tiered platforms. History In the Izuinatori erea,

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