“Hina Doll Festival ひな祭り” Photography 写真
“Hina Doll’s Festival”
These Hina dolls are my Hina dolls which were kept by my mother very well in Japan. Recently she decided to donate these dolls to somebody who needs them so she sent me these pictures. I created this collage. I really appreciate that my mother kept them well and maintained them for a long time.
My Hina dolls faces are a little bit different from usual. Usually Hina dolls have mature looking faces but mine look like children. I liked their faces very much when I was young.
Hinamatsuri (雛祭り, Hina-matsuri), also called Doll's Day or Girls' Day, is a special day in Japan. Celebrated on 3 March of each year. (from Wikipedia)
Parents celebrate for their daughter’s health with family and relatives. We also have boys’ day called Children’s day in May. We have many interesting nice events for children in Japan because parents wish for their children’s health.
“ひな祭り”
このひな人形は、わたしの母が日本で大切に保管してくれていたものです。最近このひな人形を誰か必要としている人か機関に寄付する事を決めたとの連絡があり、写真を送ってきてくれました。そこでこのコラージュ画像を作ってみました。長い間きちんと保管してくれていた母に感謝です。
わたしのひな人形の顔は一般的なひな人形の大人っぽい顔つきと違って、子供らしい顔つきをしています。子どもの頃はこの子供の顔つきをしたひな人形が好きでした。
３月３日のひな祭りには、女の子の健康を願って家族や親戚と祝い、５月には男の子の健康を願う子どもの日もあります。日本には子どもの健康を願う行事がたくさんありますね。
About Hina Dolls’ Festival ひな祭りについてはコチラ: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinamatsuri
