In Memory of the Sacrifice Things Around Us Make for Our Well Being

Hari-Kuyō (Japanese: 針供養) is the Japanese Buddhist and Shinto Festival of Broken Needles, celebrated on February 8 in the Kanto region, but on December 8 in the Kyoto and Kansai regions.It is celebrated by women in Japan as a memorial to all the sewing needles broken in their service during the past year, and as an opportunity to pray for improved skills. It is also called the Needle Mass and Pin Festival.”Hari” means “needle” and the suffix “-kuyo” means “memorial”, derived from a Sanskrit word pūjā or pūjanā, meaning “to bring offerings”.

References

In English

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hari-Kuyō

https://uk.reuters.com/article/oukoe-uk-japan-needles/japanese-tailors-needles-find-soft-grave-in-tofu-idUKT33020120070208

In Japanese

https://kotobank.jp/word/針供養-116890

https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/針供養

Photo thanks to Wikipedia.org.

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