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8/16は月遅れ盆送り火!
8/16 is Late Bon Festival Fire!
<tn>Many of Japan's annual events were established with the lunisolar calendar in mind. If they were to be done on the same date as the Gregorian/solar calendar, the season would be about one month off. For this reason, many events deviate from the original season, and the meaning of doing them at that time fades. Therefore, to avoid significant deviations from the seasons of the lunisolar calendar, some adopted the method of delaying the date on the calendar by one month. This is called a "月遅れ":https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/月遅れ, which can be loosely translated to English as a month-delay.</tn>
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