Good Road for the Living and the Dead: Niino Bon Odori, Festival to Send Off the Gods
1991· 0h 36m
Directed by Shinkichi Noda
10.0/ 10
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Overview
On the nights of the 14th, 15th, and 16th of August, the obon festival takes over the streets of the Niino community of Nagano Prefecture. At its conclusion, a practitioner of shugendo, a syncretic tradition combining elements of Buddhism and Shinto, serves as priest to send off the spirits of ancestors past that have journeyed back for Obon as well as the new spirits of those deceased within the past year. The spirits ride the flames of faceted lanterns that are lit and drift off into the eastern sky.
Other films by Shinkichi Noda
The Procession of Weird and Wonderful Masks
The Procession of Weird and Wonderful Masks
1988
Sarushima Island with a Fort: Ruins and Graffiti
Sarushima Island with a Fort: Ruins and Graffiti
1987
The Mikagura Festival of Tomiyama Village
The Mikagura Festival of Tomiyama Village
1985
Mizutani Isao’s Wanderings through Ten Spiritual Worlds
Mizutani Isao’s Wanderings through Ten Spiritual Worlds
1984
