The custom of displaying dolls began during the Heian period. Formerly, people believed the dolls possessed the power to contain bad spirits. Hinamatsuri traces its origins to an ancient Japanese custom called hina-nagashi (雛流し?, lit. “doll floating”), in which straw hina dolls are set afloat on a boat and sent down a river to the sea, supposedly taking troubles or bad spirits with them. The Shimogamo Shrine (part of the Kamo Shrine complex in Kyoto) celebrates the Nagashibina by floating […]
Straight from wikipedia “The Japanese Doll Festival (??? Hina-matsuri?), or Girls’ Day, is held on March 3, the third day of the third month. Platforms with a red hi-m?sen are used to display a set of ornamental dolls (??? hina-ningy??) representing the Emperor, Empress, attendants, and musicians in traditional court dress of the Heian period.” if you want to know more click here, So remember be nice to your mom, wife, sisters and daughters. Aloha!
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