{"id":1161,"date":"2010-01-28T12:35:25","date_gmt":"2010-01-28T17:35:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gaiastudio.org\/wonderwomen\/?p=1161"},"modified":"2010-01-28T12:42:01","modified_gmt":"2010-01-28T17:42:01","slug":"o-bon-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaiastudio.org\/wonderwomen\/?p=1161","title":{"rendered":"O-bon Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1162\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<dl>\n<dt><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1162\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1165\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gaiastudio.org\/wonderwomen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/obon-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"O-bon lanterns floating in a river.\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gaiastudio.org\/wonderwomen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/obon-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gaiastudio.org\/wonderwomen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/obon.jpg 314w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1162\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">O-bon lanterns floating in a river.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1162\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gaiastudio.org\/wonderwomen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/lantern.jpg\" alt=\"lantern\" width=\"97\" height=\"170\" \/><\/p>\n<\/dt>\n<dd>This is the lantern I ordered for the installation. (8&#8243; diameter x 14&#8243; height)<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p>The O-bon festival is an important tradition in Japan. During this Buddhist event people gather with family and pray for the souls of their ancestors. They believe that during this time their ancestors will return. The celebration consists of dancing, offering food to the ancestors, and guiding them on their journey with lanterns, both hung outside homes and floated in the water. I would like to incorporate lanterns in my installation to honor my grandmother through this Buddhist tradition. The lanterns will hang beside the noren to guide people through the passageway they create.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the lantern I ordered for the installation. (8&#8243; diameter x 14&#8243; height) The O-bon festival is an important tradition in Japan. During this Buddhist event people gather with family and pray for the souls of their ancestors. They &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gaiastudio.org\/wonderwomen\/?p=1161\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,76,80],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-ww5","category-ww5-willa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaiastudio.org\/wonderwomen\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaiastudio.org\/wonderwomen\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaiastudio.org\/wonderwomen\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaiastudio.org\/wonderwomen\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/42"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaiastudio.org\/wonderwomen\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1161"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/gaiastudio.org\/wonderwomen\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1167,"href":"https:\/\/gaiastudio.org\/wonderwomen\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1161\/revisions\/1167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaiastudio.org\/wonderwomen\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaiastudio.org\/wonderwomen\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaiastudio.org\/wonderwomen\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}