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Christian Horn (globalc@chaos.social)'s status on Sunday, 05-Mar-2023 07:33:10 UTC Christian Horn

For the first time I saw hikers with "teru teru bōzu" attached to their backpacks, talisman to keep rain away:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teru_teru_b%C5%8Dzu
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1. Teru teru bōzu
  
  A teru teru bōzu (Japanese: てるてる坊主 or 照る照る坊主, literally "shine shine monk") is a small traditional handmade doll made of white paper or cloth that Japanese farmers began hanging outside of their window by a string. This talisman is supposed to have magical powers to bring good weather and to stop or prevent a rainy day. Teru is a Japanese verb which describes sunshine, and a bōzu is a Buddhist monk (compare the word bonze), or in modern slang, "bald-headed"; bōzu is also used as a term of endearment for addressing little boys.Teru teru bōzu became popular during the Edo period among urban dwellers, whose children would make them the day before the good weather was desired and chant, "Fine-weather priest, please let the weather be good tomorrow."Traditionally, if the weather does turn out well, a libation of holy sake is poured over them, and they are washed away in the river. Today, children make teru teru bōzu out of tissue paper or cotton and string...
2. 2 hikers seen from the back side, with "teru teru bouzu" attached to their backpacks
  https://assets.chaos.social/media_attachments/files/109/969/421/043/550/016/original/77f91fed45133658.jpeg
- Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 05-Mar-2023 07:34:40 UTC Bernie
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  @globalc One time, my friends made me a teruterubozu at dinner because I was going somewhere the next day 😂
  
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