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Ureshii Hinamatsuri
.ja
Ākyāri o-tsuke māsho bonborini
O-hānā o-agemasho momo no hana
Gonin-bayashi no fue taiko
Kyō wa tano shi hinamatsuri
.en
Let’s light the lanterns on the tiered stand.
Let’s put peach blossoms on the tiered stand.*
Five court musicians are playing flutes and drums.
Today is a happy Dolls’ Festival.
The Hina Matsuri holiday is also called Peach Day. Peach blossoms are associated with young girls in Japan. Research what the flowers of peach trees look like. Why do you think they are connected with young girls? From tissue paper, make peach blossoms to festoon your Hina Matsuri display. Learn about what other plants are associated with Japan.
The Shintoists (a nature-focused religion practiced in Japan) have Nagashi-Bina on this day. Decorative dolls are gathered together and put in boats. The boats are cast out to sea and with them, ill fortune is carried away. In what other countries are there similar rituals?
Explore Boys’ Day or Children’s Day in Japan and Korea on May 5. What things are similar and what differs from Girls’ Day?
SCREENING ROOM: Promises
Screening Room – Full Film
Sunday, July 31 – Tuesday, August 2
What is it really like to live in Jerusalem? Promises offers touching and fresh insight into the Middle East conflict when filmmakers Shaprio, Goldberg, and Bolado travel to this complex and charged city to see what seven children — Palestinian and Israeli — think about war, peace, and just growing up. Living within 20 minutes of each other, these children are nevertheless locked in separate worlds. Through candid interviews, the film explores a legacy of distrust and bitterness, but signs of hope emerge when some of the children dare to cross the checkpoints to meet one another.
The Dragon’s Pearl
Asian Art Museum Storyteller, Miriam Mills, tells the Chinese folktale, “The Dragon’s Pearl” in the Asian Art Museum collection galleries. This video features artworks from the Asian Art Museum’s permanent collection.
The Magic Paintbrush
Leta Bushyhead, Asian Art Museum Storyteller, tells a Chinese folktale inspired by objects in the museum’s collection. Note: The objects in this video are used to enhance this telling of The Magic Paintbrush and were not created by the artists specifically to illustrate this story.
Winning Without Hands
Asian Art Museum Storyteller, Jeff Byers, tells the legend of Bokuden, a famous samurai in the Asian Art Museum’s collection galleries. This video features artworks from the Asian Art Museum’s permanent collection.
MOVIE NIGHT: The Story of the Weeping Camel
Last weekend we watched this beautiful movie that we’ll remember for time to come… especially a young violin player 
M O R E :
Koinobori Song
Higher than the roof-tops are the koinobori
The large Black Carp is the father
The smaller Golden Carp are the children
They seem to be having fun swimming.
Japanese Transliteration
Yane yori takai koi-nobori
Ōki na magoi wa o-tō-san
Chiisa na higoi wa kodomo-tachi
Omoshirosō ni oyoideru
