Actually, in the middle of October,I began to thinking which character should I make up,I try to choose from Little Red Hiding and a witch and finally made up my mind to dress up like Kiki (a Japanese fantasy anime produced by Stubia Ghibli) .I bought the dress on Amazon and joined the Halloween costume parade in Waikiki.During the parade,we saw many kinds of ghost and many mad and crazy costume and everyone seems to enjoy the big parade.I saw a person without dressed up but have a T-shirt wrote"404 error, no costume found " ,a mother with her little child dressed like a pumpkin, zombies and also different kinds of food such as pizza and hot dog which beyond my imagination.They get together to have fun and I walked with the crowd without taking photos because I want to fully into this kind of culture that I never experience before.This festival make me thinking about the different attitude toward traditional festival between China and American.
Compared with China,American shares a more casual culture,they celebrate for what they want to celebrate ,they don't mind other's opinions and do what they want.They have festival to make fool of others(April Fool's Day),just for fun ,they also enjoy big days such as Christmas to get together with family.Another experience also give me that impressive. Once I went to The Byodo-in Temple to visit one of Chinese General's tomb,I saw people nearby were having a picnic there and this will not happen in China.And their tombstone looks different, It's not big but enough to memories.Things in China are different. Our traditional festival are more formal,and we follow the old ways that our ancient may do to celebrate,such as Chung Yeung Festival(Double Ninth Festival) in Chinese calendar which passed by last week,It's a kind of ghost day but we spent our holiday in a different way.We visit the grave of our ancestors to pay our respects.Also,many Chinese festival try to express the homesick and miss our relatives, bacause we are a country to encourage filial and respect the older.
All in all,different culture have the same magic to attract people to learn more and try to respect it in our daily life.
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ReplyDeleteYou seem to have had much fun on Halloween. I wish I could enjoy “American” Halloween. Actually, I had to stay home because I had to prepare for the exam which was done two days after Halloween. I cannot imagine truly how “American” Halloween is like, but I would like to have experienced. This is because I really hate the way of spending Halloween in Shibuya by some Japanese young people. I have some reasons for this. First, they usually do not care about others. If they bother someone, they do not care. They seem to come only to enjoy by themselves. Second, on the next day, Shibuya usually have much rubbish. They usually do not pay attentions to make the town messy. However, I like Halloween as I can eat many limited-edition sweets that relates to Halloween!! Therefore, I think “Japanese” Halloween is the event for eating sweets.
ReplyDeleteYour reply renews my impressive on Halloween,and that's the magic of blog,we share and we lean.
DeleteOn Oct. 31st, I couldn't do any special celebration, but I saw some families in costume walking around when I got home. We know, they would visit neighbors and ask them question which they prefer trick or treat. As you say, it's casual and they seems enjoying it viscerally. It's very lovely. But I feel you are also great because you went to costume parade in Waikiki. I had never thought to participate in the parade. I would feel nervous because I am not good at joining big party. I wish I could try to bring myself into various events like you. The energy which encourages you to experience various things could be one of your talents. It would lead you to more wonderful places, I believe.In the you blog, you concluded there is the same magic to attract people in different cultures. But I think your mind to feel so is also great ability.
ReplyDeleteActually,that day ,a young girl with a mask made face on me and made me frightened. Since then, i was fully into the festival. There were many Japanese and strangers were eager to share their costume with others. I hope you can walk out and enjoy the beautiful Hawaii life.
DeleteSo interesting! Yes, traditional holidays or events vary so much from one culture to another... Also, China is a much older country than the US., so I am guessing the beginning or the history of American tradition is much newer than Chinese ones. It also surprised me when I found out people having picnic by the tombs of their relatives, I don't think people in Spain would ever do that!
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