Friday, November 15, 2024

Shichi - Go -San ( seven - five - three )

Shichi-Go-San, via Calligraphy in the View
Do click through to see more photos of these adorable children in traditional dress. 
Shichi-Go-San is a traditional rite of passage and festival day in Far east.

For three and seven year-old girls and three and five year-old boys, held annually on November 15.

Shichi-Go-San is said to have originated in the Heian Period (794-1185) amongst court nobles, who would celebrate the passage of their children into middle childhood.

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