Milena Velba The Letter

Hinamatsuri

On March 3, is one of the five days of "sekku." Sekku are the days of the change of seasons. The five are Jan. 7, March 3, May 5, July 7 and September 9. Except

January 7, are days where the number is equal to month. These days the ceremony in the imperial court were to avoid the negative things, taking the energy from the seasonal plants.
The plan for March 3 is the momo, which means the peach blossoms. So on March 3 is called "Momo no sekku."
This day hopes the healthy and happy life of girls and boys, showing the dolls in the house and eating special dishes.

do not know the origin of the festival, but there was the custom to remove the evil: make paper dolls and pretend to clean the body with these dolls, and leaves into the stream. There was also a play with dolls, especially the nobility exhibited miniature dolls house. Over time the two acts are linked and developed. The dolls are seen as protectors for girls and boys.

Day "momo no sekku" has become like a party doll, circa 16th century. When her daughter Kazuko
the second shogun of the Edo, Tokugawa Hidetada ie, she married the emperor Gomizunoo, brought her dolls in Kyoto. After you have spread the dolls for Hinamatsuri as a custom even among ordinary citizens.
the Edo era, the dolls have become large and luxurious. Every time the government prohibited the decoration of luxury, but the dolls have appeared small but very detailed. The shape of dolls and cases today are from the 19th century. Today

complete dolls are expensive. They are gifted by grandparents to grandchildren.

I present to you what you eat on this day: chirashizushi with osuimono with hamaguri, and hinaarare hishimochi. They drink sake white.

chirashizushi and osuimono ,

Osuimono the soup is clear. In this case
bring hamaguri, a type of mollusk.

Hamaguri are not clams.

are larger and have more smooth and thick shells.

Hinaarare , sweets for the festive events rice.

Compared to normal plowing, the colors are delicate.

The frozen snow plow it is said. (The snow and ice are big enough but "Hyou" small ones are plowing.) The name of the food "plow" is that snow plow, the plow because when they cook, make noise like the falling snow ice.
The name of Arel "Dr.Slump Arale-chan" is the result of word game designed by the author Akira Toriyama, as well as he did in Dragon Ball. Norimaki Senbei, the doctor has the name of the manga of the savory snacks made from rice with seaweed.

Arale-chan