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Ren Watanabe, 7, watches the dancers at the Bon Odori Festival at the White River Buddhist Temple on Saturday. - Gary Kissel/Reporter
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Ren Watanabe, 7, watches the dancers at the Bon Odori Festival at the White River Buddhist Temple on Saturday.

O-Bon time


July 28, 2008 · 1:24 PM

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The community came together to celebrate the Bon Odori Festival at the White River Buddhist Temple in Auburn on Saturday. For Buddhists, O-Bon is the time to reflect upon the dedicated lives of departed ancestors who made present lives possible. To celebrate, Bon Odori is a festival, in which young and old come together to dance, rejoice and remember their ancestors, family and friends. Participants wear brightly colored kimonos, yukatas and happi coats as they dance to traditional music.

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