The 7-5-3 festival (七五三) started in the Heian or Muromachi Period to pray for the survival of #children, and, like many practices, spread from the aristocracy eventually to all citizens.
Age three for #girls is especially adorable, and our 3/4 #Japanese granddaughter just went through that rite of passage, posing in a #festival kimono.
With deaths in both families this year, it was moved from a Shintō shrine to a #Buddhist temple, reflecting the division of labor served by the two #religions in Japan. We could thus do it up on a mountain in our city (between Ōsaka and Kyōto) and see changing leaves of #autumn early.
All major ceremonies are finally accompanied by a restaurant meal, and the Japanese-style food and service, by normal standards in Japan, were superb.
Our granddaughter, nearly three, also seemed to start realizing that my English and the usual Japanese were different languages (technically, nascent metalinguistic awareness and bilinguality).
Lettland war in diesem Jahr Gastland des Usedomer Musikfestivals. Und dieses kleine Land ist durch die vielen Veranstaltungen des Festivals näher gekommen.
Als Abschluss der 31. Ausgabe der Benderstorfer Klaviertage konnte die in der Nähe von Frankfurt beheimatete Pianistin Lydia Maria Bader gewonnen werden.
Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
Suite "Le Mandarin merveilleux"
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Chants d'un compagnon errant)
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
[Sortie] Festival Techxploitation, du 14 au 17 Sept à l'Amicale du futur, Lyon
Un grand week-end de projections, discussions, présentation d’ouvrage, concerts et performances sur les enjeux technologiques à l’Amicale du Futur pour bien démarrer la rentrée.
Pour suivre à distance, stream sur Node Radio : www.p-node.org