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DAIMONJI GOZAN OKURIBI festival in Kyoto 2007
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Okuribi is a fire lit to send the souls of deceased ancestors on their way after they have returned to this world for the bon festival.
In the Daimonji Okuribi festival, 5 mountains (gozan) are used as the stage for an okuribi of huge proportions. The festival starts at 8:00 p.m.,
when fires are lit on Mt. Nyoigatake to form the Chinese character dai, meaning "large". After this, more fires are lit separately on each mountain to form different patterns.