Awaiting their ancestors
Photos by Richard Ambo
Advertiser Staff Photographer
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| Offerings await the return of the deceased at the Jodo Mission of Hawaii. Buddhists believe that during obon season the deceased come back to be among the living. |
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| Alice Takahashi, of Manoa, says a prayer after placing flowers at her family's otoba, or memorial tablet. Thursday marked the beginning of obon season for the temple, which, in addition to daily services, will culminate in a Toro Nagashi, or lantern parade, tomorrow at 8 p.m. |
