Teru teru bozu is an essential item for children. It is used as a kind of charm to stop raining. It is a paper doll and easy to make for them. When a child wishes that it becomes sunny next day, he or she makes teru teru bozu and hung it in front of the house. I used to make it before I went to picnic. I believed my wish came to be true.
Snail is symbolic animal of rainy season. It crawls on leaves of Ajisai in raining day. I didn't be scared of snail when I was a child. I could even hold it. However, I dislike it now because it is slimy.
Now I don't like rainy season in Japan. However I didn't feel unpleasant, when I was a child. Teru teru boze or snails is an good memories in my childhood.
Teru teru bozu
2 comments:
"teru teru boze" and similar things are very interesting to me .. the various regions of italy are very rich in those kind of things (as well as, i am sure, every other country in the world ;-) ...).
i am sometimes struck by the strange similarities between italy and japan.
Thanks for posting about it.
F.
It is interesting. I did't know there are some similarities in both countries. I'd like to know what is similar things.
Thank you for your information !
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