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Obon Festival
お盆 (おぼん) - Obon Festival – Links to information and resources on the Odon festival.
O-bon – Brief article on the Mini-Encyclopedia Web site.
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Obon Festival - Obon in Japan – Article on the origins and customs surrounding the Obon festival.
Invitation to Bon Dancing - 盆踊りの世界 – everything you want to know about Bon-odori/Bon-dancing.
Bon Odori - Japanese Traditional Dance – Brief explanation of the bon festival and the bon dance.
Photos and videos
Obon in Nara -- Nicolas Delerue's travel pictures and photo gallery.
Obon Nights Photo Gallery by Shailendra Shinde at pbase.com
盆踊り視聴覚ギャラリー Collection of photos of various Bon-odori festivals.
Tourou –nagashi (a Japanese ceremony in which participants float paper lanterns) photos on two Web sites: photos – photos 2
Obon Lantern Festival – You Tube Video in English on preparations for and the celebration of the Obon lantern festival:
Activities
Crayola® Coloring Pages - Japanese Lantern
Learn the Bon dance with an illustrated descriptions of movements involved and an MP3 sound files.
Okonomiyaki – recipe for a typical food eaten during the Obon festival.
Obon Worksheet in English 
and in Japanese 
. These were created by Shunko Muroya, Japanese Advisor, Alberta Education.
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