日本伝統的な節を 勉強した！
昨日は私が天理教日本語学校で伝統的な節のクラスを全部終わった。
このクラスで楽しいことを分け合いたいんです！
伝統的な節のクラスは四つで、お月見とお正月とひな祭り夏祭りとを勉強した。
The Japanese traditional events course at Tenrikyo Mission Centre Singapore, ended yesterday. It was a most interesting and enjoyable course. Consisting of four lessons, I learnt about the activities surrounding five different Japanese festive events – Lantern Festival, New Year’s Day, Girls’ Festival, Boys’ Day Celebration and Summer Festival.
Here’s sharing with everyone some basic information that I have learnt.
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お月見 Moon Viewing
何の為に？豊作を願う。
Purpose? Praying for abundant harvests of ripened rice.
何時？毎年の十五夜（8月15日）か十三夜（9月13日）
When? August 15 or September 13
何をする？月で兔が餅つき
Activities? Mochi pounding by the moon
何を食べる？薄、月見団子、里芋、葡萄、栗、豆
Food? Japanese pampas grass ‘susuki’ (for prevention from illness for the whole year), sweet dumplings, yam, grapes, chestnut and beans.
何の作品？俳句
Works? Japanese poems that follow a 5-7-5 syllabic structure.
このクラスで自分の俳句も作った。
In this class, I also had the chance of making of my own Japanese poem.
「夢の道 日本語習って 開こうよ。」
Translated, it reads “Let’s open the path to our dreams with the learning of Japanese.”
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夏祭り2011は とても楽しかった！
今晩は皆。先々週週の土曜日に僕は友達とシンガポールの夏祭りへ行った。僕の初回なんですが、とても楽しみにしたね。夏祭りは全く楽しかったですよ！凄く嬉しいなあ。。。だから、僕はここで皆と夏祭りの経験と感想を分け合う！
Evening everyone. How have you been? Last last Saturday (Aug 20,2011), my friends and I went to the Japanese Summer Festival held at the Singapore Japanese School (Changi Campus). It was a most wonderful experience, and I really enjoyed it very much. Hence I would like to share with everyone my experiences and thoughts on this amazing event. Due to special requests by friends to blog this in English, I shall do so for this post. 😀
Prior to going for the Summer Festival (or ‘Natsu Matsuri’ in Japanese), my friends and I heard from many people that the queue for the tickets are usually horribly long. Some even said that the queue usually starts very early in the day, and some even camped overnight outside the event premises. Horrified, my friends and I decided to set off at 11am on the day of the event, and start queuing until the event begins at 5pm.
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