Japanese doll’s festival
Hello my name is Momo. I want to introduce you about Girl’s day because it’s on my birthday!! Please enjoy.
On march 3rd, people celebrate The doll festival, or the Girl’s day. It is to wish healthy growth of girls. Mostly in a family that has a female daughter, they display ornamental dolls which is called hina ningyo in Japanese. Families usually display them from February, and put them away right after march 3rd . It is said that displaying the dolls after march 3rd, will result in a late marriage for their daughters.
Near girl’s day, we usually eat hina-arare which are small crackers that is flavored with sugar or soy sauce. It is delicious, and I eat alot too. For dinner, we have chirashi-zushi which is sushi rice flavored with sugar and vinegar, which is topped with raw fish and eggs, or other colorful food.
There is a famous song for Girl’s day, and we usually sing it in pre-school or when we are small. It is my background music too.
Finally, there’s another word for Girl’s day and it’s called “momo no sekku”. That is why my name is Momo!!
Thank you for listening! bye~