2014 Annual Obon Festival - Southern Alameda County Buddhist ChurchNEW

Please come and enjoy Southern Alameda County Buddhist Church's Buddhist Festival of Obon. We will have Buddhist Dancing, Japanese Music, an O Nami Taiko Drum Performance and Japanese Foods.  An enjoyable event for everyone!

Colorful kimono-clad participants gather for the Obon dance - a memorial day for our departed beloved ones and a day to give thanks to them.  With deep felt joy and gratitude, we honor and remember our deceased loved ones whose very existence made our own lives possible.

Obon "Kangi-e," a "Joyous Gathering with Dharma Dance.  The Obon dance is a "Dance of Joy."  Colorful kimono-clad participants gather for the Obon dance - a memorial day for our departed beloved ones and a day to give thanks to them.  With deep felt joy and gratitude, we honor and remember our deceased loved ones whose very existence made our own lives possible.  We also give special reckoning to our loved ones whose earthly lives ended within the past year; this observance is called "Hatsu-bon" (First Obon).  In a deepest sense, our caring and gratitude extends to all people and all living beings.     

Date
Saturday, August 9, 2014

Food Sales
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm   

Bon Dance
7:00 pm

Location
Southern Alameda County Buddhist Church, 32975 Alvarado Niles Rd., Union City, CA 94587

Obon Dance Practices
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: in our Sangha Hall
Practices are on July 28, 29, 31, August 4, 6, 7, 2014

Dance Practices are Free and OPTIONAL – need not practice to attend and join our Obon Dance.  EVERYONE is invited to DANCE!                                          

Sunday August 10, 2014 - Obon Buddhist Service
Sunday, at 10:00am SACBC will conduct its Annual Buddhist Spiritual Services for all our beloved ones called Obon Service.  Those who lost their beloved ones are especially welcome. We will conduct a special service for them called Hatsubon (First Obon Service). We have invited a guest speaker, Rev. Fumaki Usuki, from West Los Angeles Buddhist Temple.