The Story of the Daruma Doll & the Japanese Customs of the New Year | Festival of the Holidays 2023
Hi for the finest I’m before it’s New Year Day on New Year’s Day we will on New Year’s Day Let’s come please come soon New Year that’s you happy New Year or as Japanese say yes the old year is almost gone and it’s time to welcome the new year so even though it’s a bit early I want to wish everyone a Happy New Year happy New Year thank you thank you let’s say together in Japanese repeat of
To me excellent excellent welcome to the Japan and our celebration of the traditional Japanese New Year or it lasts from January 1st through January 7th and today I appear before you as a humble street vendor but what I tell is a very important part of is here it is it’s called Dara doll
You brother has some dog children Dara is like a good luck job as you can see Dara has no pupil in his eyes the custom among Japanese is to make a wish and paint in the left eye actually I made a wish of my own dad
Doll right over here like this and then when you wish comes true you must paint in the other eye I’m still waiting for my wish to come true but what if your wish that will come true by the end of the year oh that’s okay you can always
Try again next year because I got lots of dhas to sell you D Big D lots of D available D for sale come come now did you know that the legend of the Dharma dates back to the century when a Buddhist monk named journeyed from India to China to
Spread the teachings of Buddha his journey was difficult and often times the RO that he trouble was play with Bandits he had no weapons how could he protect himself well the answer was in the teachings of Buddha thisen my disciples I believe that if the body is in poor
Health then the spirit will also be weak that’s thata developed a system of exercise to keep the mind and body healthy and to deal with the bandits so this unique style of exercise that defense traveled all the way to Japan practice with empty hands it was called kup meaning empty meaning hand us
Yeah and years later went to a temple at the TP of a great Mountain where he meditated for 9 years can you imagine remaining more or L for 9 years I canot stay still for was 9 minutes for 9 seconds yes but this is why the Dharma is a symbolic
Reminder for people of Japan of patience and persistence through the ups and downs of Life as we say be Y which means literally knock the down seven times and get up eight see always comes back to the upright position no matter how hard it is
October so new year or o it’s a time to get back up a time for rejuvenations asking for bre blessing and celebrating the coming of spring on this day my family and I carry out centuries old rituals and traditions together so during this time everyone should be free
From stress work or study so we do many New Year’s preparations in advance we clean up and we mail out New Year cards or we even make a cold colorful delicacy to eat over the first few days of the New Year and it is called and I remember my mother spending
Days and days preparing it she explained the significance of the each part ofi as she made it would you like a taste of O okay how about the sweet omlette that Mai brings learning you like to learn don’t you no okay well how about the fish eggs yum kco brings fertility
Fertility means lots of grand babies don’t you want to have a big family no okay there are black beans uh Kudo M for health and sweets chests for well money I want lots and lots of money give me give me a okay here you go yummy so I love sweet chestnuts but
New Year’s Eve meal was my favorite do you know what we eat on New Year’s Eve in Japan it’s the it’s in that soup everybody Ramen oh I love ramen so you mean noodles yeah okay so we eat so noodles on New Year’s Eve hoping that we
Can live long and healthy like the love some noodles and then we hear a huge bronze Bells call Jo yes only like G sound like this on New Year’s evening around midnight G like Buddhist temples well can anybody guess how many times the B rings of New Year in
Japan 12 yeah yes 12 12 12 any other 2 24 Yes actually more yes 108 oh are you from no you just knew wow give Big R wow 108 times right because in Japanese Buddhism it is said that hum must have 108 B which means Earthly desires like
Laziness stubbornness greed um can you guess which B the little girl lots of lots of money had right so as in Japanese tradition after the 108 times gongs of the bell I beat my desire SAA and started the new year with a clean slate then on that
First day of the new year which is called G I ride early and put on new clothes from head to toe and try to go see the first Sunrise of the year called before breakfast I drink Oso a sweet spiced wine where it is said that
By drinking Oso we BR evil spirit within ourselves and prevent sickness within the mile of our home then I run to the mailbox to check for the beautiful New Year greeting card or from my family and friends and later in the day call us to
My home coming in for the meal of maybe more then we go to to pray for the blessings of the new year so everyone in Japan gets into the spirit of O enjoying the symbolism and beautiful customs of the new year like a wish of
Thea doll with a wish that I made for weal all those years ago actually came true because I make a good living as a vender now but every year since I wish for happiness a different form of wealth no well I find a happiness in sharing my family and cultural Traditions with
Curious new friends like all of you well yes because of time with you why wish has come true yes ta take well I’ve spoken too long uh yes I have to get back to selling the Dharma dolls but before I go I would like to leave you with this New Year’s
Wish may your d’s eyes be painted in each and every year and all your wishes come true happy New Year everybody if you need us for S you’re going to welcome to take a picture with the D and with me so I’ll be here please
During the 2023 EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays guests will find various storytellers throughout World Showcase that share their cultural holiday traditions. In the Japan pavilion it’s all about Japanese New Year’s customs that include the story Daruma dolls.
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