tama (soul, spirit)
matsuri (festival, feast, ritual, offer prayers, celebrate, deify, enshrine, worship)

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❖ Festival held to pray to, give thanks to, and appease the souls of the dead

bon matsuri
❖ (See bon matsuri)

higan
❖ (See higan, shunbun-no-hi, and shûbun-no-hi)

so (ancestor, founder)
rei (spirit, soul)
sorei (ancestral spirits)
hai (bowing one's head in respect or worship, worship)
shi (words, writing, lyrics)
haishi (prayer)

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❖ Ancestor prayer
❖ (See Prayer)

so (ancestor, founder)
rei (spirit, soul)
sai (ritual, offer prayers, deify, enshrine)

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❖ Ceremonies honouring the spirits of ancestors

rei (spirit, soul)
sai (ritual, offer prayers, deify, enshrine)

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❖ This event is held a certain number of years after the funeral to remember the spirit of the deceased
❖ It is usually performed in the 1st, 5th, 10th, and finally 50th year
❖ Also called nensai

nen (year)
sai (ritual, offer prayers, deify, enshrine)

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❖ (Buddhist)