About: Festival Episode   Sponge Permalink

An Entity of Type : owl:Thing, within Data Space : 134.155.108.49:8890 associated with source dataset(s)

Japan has a number of traditional holidays which are celebrated with festivals (matsuri) that bear a slight resemblance to American fairs and carnivals (only with a distinctly Asian flavor, of course). Most matsuri are based near or on the grounds of a local shrine, having grown out of local religious traditions -- not that it necessarily shows all that much in the modern form. In some series the resident crossdressers will still wear the appropriate outfit of the other sex. You often see the Goldfish Scooping Game and Kimodameshi at festivals.

AttributesValues
rdfs:label
  • Festival Episode
rdfs:comment
  • Japan has a number of traditional holidays which are celebrated with festivals (matsuri) that bear a slight resemblance to American fairs and carnivals (only with a distinctly Asian flavor, of course). Most matsuri are based near or on the grounds of a local shrine, having grown out of local religious traditions -- not that it necessarily shows all that much in the modern form. In some series the resident crossdressers will still wear the appropriate outfit of the other sex. You often see the Goldfish Scooping Game and Kimodameshi at festivals.
dcterms:subject
dbkwik:all-the-tro...iPageUsesTemplate
dbkwik:allthetrope...iPageUsesTemplate
abstract
  • Japan has a number of traditional holidays which are celebrated with festivals (matsuri) that bear a slight resemblance to American fairs and carnivals (only with a distinctly Asian flavor, of course). Most matsuri are based near or on the grounds of a local shrine, having grown out of local religious traditions -- not that it necessarily shows all that much in the modern form. In anime set in Japan (or in locations with a strong Japanese influence), it's common to have at least one episode featuring one of these festivals. It takes the cast out of their usual situation/locale and puts them in a new one, which usually provides insights and new angles on them. The relaxed yet structured atmosphere of the traditional festival -- and the opportunities it provides -- can also prompt the evolution of relationships which might otherwise be stalled or failing. And in modern settings, it's an excuse to get the characters -- even foreigners -- out of modern "Western-style" clothing and into proper kimono and geta, which has a strong appeal to a fair-sized fraction of the Japanese audience. In some series the resident crossdressers will still wear the appropriate outfit of the other sex. You often see the Goldfish Scooping Game and Kimodameshi at festivals. See also School Festival. Compare Christmas Episode and A Fete Worse Than Death.
Alternative Linked Data Views: ODE     Raw Data in: CXML | CSV | RDF ( N-Triples N3/Turtle JSON XML ) | OData ( Atom JSON ) | Microdata ( JSON HTML) | JSON-LD    About   
This material is Open Knowledge   W3C Semantic Web Technology [RDF Data] Valid XHTML + RDFa
OpenLink Virtuoso version 07.20.3217, on Linux (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu), Standard Edition
Data on this page belongs to its respective rights holders.
Virtuoso Faceted Browser Copyright © 2009-2012 OpenLink Software