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The most popular Japanese Summer Obon Festivals & Bon Odori Dance Practices in the United States occur during the summer months.
We have a list of the most viewed popular Japanese Obons (left column) & Bon Odori dance practices (right column). There are some Japanese Events that have just Bon Odori
dancing and it could be listed also.
In the United States, the Obon festival event (お盆, also known as Bon festival) is a Japanese Buddhist festival celebrated during the summer months which people commemorates
and remembers the spirits of their deceased ancestors back home.
Bon Odori (盆踊り) is a Bon dance - a style of dancing performed during Obon around a circle.
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