Changes

==8th Month==

==8th Month==

On 8/15, people engaged in ''[[tsukimi]]'', taking time to appreciate the moon. When a [[Chinese investiture envoys|Chinese investiture mission]] was in residence on Okinawa, [[Mid-Autumn Festival]] was celebrated with musical performances, horse races, sword dances, ballgames, and other activities.<ref name=fukai>Fukai Jinzô 深井甚三, ''Edo no yado'' 江戸の宿, Tokyo: Heibonsha (2000), 73.</ref>

On 8/15, people engaged in ''[[tsukimi]]'', taking time to appreciate the moon. When a [[Chinese investiture envoys|Chinese investiture mission]] was in residence on Okinawa, [[Mid-Autumn Festival]] was celebrated with musical performances, horse races, sword dances, ballgames, and other activities.<ref name=fukai>Fukai Jinzô 深井甚三, ''Edo no yado'' 江戸の宿, Tokyo: Heibonsha (2000), 73.</ref> A temporary stage was set up in front of the Hokuden of Shuri castle for dances and ''[[kumi udui]]'' theatre performances.<ref>"Sappôshi kankei chôsai ni tsuite"「冊封使関係調査について」, Fee nu kaji 南ぬ風 5 (2007/10-12), 15.</ref>

On an auspicious day of the month, ''susuki'' (''miscanthus'') grasses or other sorts of reeds were used in a ritual to drive out bad spirits, called ''shibasashi''.

On an auspicious day of the month, ''susuki'' (''miscanthus'') grasses or other sorts of reeds were used in a ritual to drive out bad spirits, called ''shibasashi''.