Hum Tum

Onbashira Festival - Oldest Japan's Risky Celebration... Held every six years, in the Nagano area of Japan, Onbashira Festival is believed to have continued uninterruptedly, for the last 1200 years. Onbashira, literally translated as the sacred pillars, is a Japanese tradition that symbolizes the renewal of Suwa Grand Shrine. It consists of two phases: Yamadashi and Satobiki, the first held in April, and the second in May. Before Onbashira begins, 16 tree trunks, cut form 200-year-old Japanese fir trees are cut down. Each tree can be up to 1 meter across, 16 meters tall and weigh up to 12 tons. Yamadashi is translated as coming out of the mountains and is the most popular part of the festival. Teams of men have to drag the logs down the mountain, to Suwa Shrine. At some points they encounter steep slopes where they must slide the tree trunks. In a ceremony called Ki-otoshi, brave young men risk their lives by climbing on the trunks and riding the all the way down the muddy slopes. It takes 3 days to move the sacred tree trunks, over 10 KM, to the shrine. Satobiki involves placing the logs at the four corners of the four buildings that make up Suwa Grand Shrine. Using ropes, teams have to pull up the giant tree trunks in a vertical position, with young men sitting on them. Those still on the logs after they are positioned, perform all sort of feats. On Sunday, during the 2010 edition of Onbashira Festival, a man was crushed to death by a tree trunk, during Satobiki. One of the ropes came loose and hit the 38-year-old man in the head. Several others were injured in the accident. Important Links Worth Visiting Beautiful Inspiring Quotes for Thursday http://goodmorningdays.blogspot.com/2010/02/good-morning-friends-inspiring-quotes_25.html Beautiful Inspiring Thoughts for Thursday To Inspire you http://goodmorningdays.blogspot.com/2010/02/good-morning-quotes-on-11-02-2010.html Love SMS Shayaris Collections Part-15 http://shaayariworld.blogspot.com/2009/09/love-sms-shayaris-collections-part-15.html Beautiful Shayari on Aurat( Woman Special) Love SMS Shayaris Collections Part-15 Anger Prevention Kit.. Steps to Control Your Anger.... http://hum-our-tum.blogspot.com/2010/02/anger-prevention-kit-steps-to-control.html Me and God Inspiring and Motivating Story http://hum-our-tum.blogspot.com/2010/02/me-and-god-nice-inspirational-story.html Click here to join Hum-Our-Tum Group for Latest Breaking news and information around the world, Inspirational and Motivational mails Click here to to join our Inspirational and Motivational Blogs and get daily, Morning Quotes, Thoughts, Inspiring, Motivating Wallpapers and Inspiring Stories and much more join and find out http://goodmorningdays.blogspot.com   http://hum-our-tum.blogspot.com/

__._,_.___

Messages in this topic (1)

Recent Activity:

• New Members 278

You are free to forward the mails of hum-our-tum
Group to your friends and loved ones.
PLEASE note that the images / content cannot be changed / edited while forwarding them.
All rights are reserved for the  respective owners of the Emails /pictures.
No Copyright Infringement Intended  -  Personal Use Only - Not For Profit!

PLEASE :
DO NOT RIP OUR WORK APART!
DO NOT REMOVE OUR WATERMARK and Designs WHEN SHARING!
DO NOT CLAIM THEM AS YOUR OWN WORK!
THANK YOU!!!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
RULES OF THE GROUP:

1. COMMUNAL, ADULT STUFF AND RELATED CONTENT WILL NOT BE ENTERTAINED. Member found posting 'communal' and 'adult' stuff will be simply thrown out of the group. So be careful!

2. DO NOT SPAM OTHER MEMBERS OF THE GROUP BY POSTING UNWANTED EMAILS.

3. No Advertisements of other groups,Blogs and Websites.

4. Please write to the Owner at hum-our-tum-owner@yahoogroups.com if you have any suggestions,Criticism and Advices for Mails you want to receive from the group.

5. Need help then write to the Group Moderator at hum-our-tum-owner@yahoogroups.com

6. Inspirational,Motivational,Informative mails of the group you can read by visiting our blog at http://hum-our-tum.blogspot.com/

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Choose INDIVIDUAL and TRADITIONAL setting to Enjoy our Mails.

To modify your list subscription, please send a blank email to the below adress
Then you will receive a Yahoo autoresponse asking you to confirm your request for change of sunscription.
Just hit reply  and your desired changes to the subscription will be done.                      

SUBSCRIBE          :  hum-our-tum-subscribe@yahoogroups.com     
UNSUBSCRIBE        :  hum-our-tum-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com     
INDIVIDUAL MAILS   :  hum-our-tum-normal@yahoogroups.com          
MODE TRADITIONNAL  :  hum-our-tum-traditional@yahoogroups.com
VACATION HOLD      :  hum-our-tum-nomail@yahoogroups.com  

Owner : Hassan Ali: shayariworld@ymail.com