Bon Odori

Last weekend I went up KL to visit my sister and brother...

we went on Saturday morning and reach around 1pm or so...
went for lunch and went back to have a rest...
cause we're going to Bon Odori festival...
damn near to my sister place...



Bon Odori is a Japanese cultural festival...
it was held every year...
and thousands of people came by to join in the fun...


Not only Malaysian... there are a lot of Japanese too...

'Bon' in Japanese meant the festival of the ghost...
and 'Odori' meant dancing...
in Japan, they celebrate it by praying their ancesters...
but here, it is just a cultural event...



The event is at Panasonic Stadium...
it starts at 5pm where the gate are open...
they gave a fan each at the entrance...
inside got sell foods and drinks...
mostly are Japanese food...
duh~


This ojisan was selling burgers and fried chickens...
he was yelling: "Dua ringgit! Dua ringgit!" in a funny way...
he's a Japanese... so funny...


Before the drum performance and dance begin...

The event started off with drum performance at 7pm...
followed by dance performance...
basically you just follow the dance around the stage...
after that there's a guest performance...


This is the dance... there are a few songs...
and each song has a different dance steps...


Thousands of people are there...


The guest performance (lower right of picture)...

It repeat the dance and performance for 2 more times...
the event end at 11pm or so...
but we left after the first performance...



It wad fun...
and the food was delicious...
but kinda expensive for some...
not much there la...
but it was a nice experience...

Here's a short clip of the dance...
have a look...


楽しくて面白い...
fun and interesting...