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Old Daruma Dolls Burned in Purification Rite in Central Japan City; JR Shinetsu Line Will Get New Stop There Called Toyooka Daruma Station
About 10,000 old Japanese daruma dolls were ritually burned during a memorial service for the good-luck talisman figures, ...
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Old daruma dolls burned in purification rite in central Japan city
About 10,000 old Japanese daruma dolls were ritually burned during a memorial service for the good-luck talisman figures, which represent the Buddhist monk Bodhidharma, in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, ...
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Japan Tourism / Visiting the Birthplace of Good Luck Daruma Dolls in Takasaki; Traditional, Modern Daruma Available at 100-year-old Store
They were originally inspired by images of the seated Bodhidharma, the founder of Zen Buddhism. Like an “Okiagari-koboshi” roly-poly toy, daruma are weighted at the bottom so they always quickly ...
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Tenryu-ji Temple
A painting of Bodhidharma, founder of Zen Buddhism, can be found inside the Kuri (Temple Living Quarters) The Kuri was built in 1899 and is one of the Shichido Garan structures. It was designed to act ...
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Fan Zeng
Although his paintings fetch among the highest prices of living Chinese artists, Fan Zeng, the 75-year-old ink painter and calligrapher ...
Knowledge nugget of the day: Kalaripayattu
Kerala’s Kalaripayattu has become a bone of contention ahead of the 38th edition of the National Games. Why is it in the news ...