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.

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