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 46916# Japanese KIMONO SILK / ANTIQUE HANHABA OBI / DYED FLOWER  US $.99
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 46917# Japanese KIMONO SYNTHETIC / VINTAGE HANHABA OBI / WOVEN FLOWER US $.99
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It's dark within the teepee; outside, all is quiet. A boy of the tribe, in the flower of youth at sixteen years of age, lies sleeping. Suddenly, rough arms pull him from his bed of thick pelts. A hand clamps over his mouth, stifling his cries. His mother, now awakened, watches and does nothing to intervene. His father is mysteriously absent.
His abductors take him deep into the woods. They tell him that Father Serpent has smelt his foreskin and soon will be coming for it. Following this ordeal, the boy is succored by these males with ancestral songs and stories. He learns of the origin of his people, their relationship with the Great Spirit, and of the otherworld that awaits them all after death. He begins to trust his mentors, for they will serve as his bridge back to the world. His face is painted with ashes, the dust of his old life - and a reminder of his mortality. Then he is brought back to the tribal grounds, where none recognize him - not even his own mother. As a stranger, he must be given a new name. The tribe makes his acquaintance as if for the first time, and the boy-turned-man learns of his new responsibilities and rights among them.
Such events as this, once commonplace in pre-civilized cultures, seem oftentimes senseless and brutal to modern western minds. The methods used by "savage" peoples to indoctrinate their young into the adult world of the tribe offend our civilized sensibilities because we're ignorant of the belief systems operating. For the boy having passed through trial and initiation, the initial pain and fear was a small price to pay for the strength, knowledge and wisdom that was gained. For he knows, now, his place in his community and his special destiny; he's recognized by the fruits of his experience. The struggle for identity is over.
Sadly, in our culture such a moment never comes. Our pseudo-rituals - like commercialized holidays and birthdays, graduations, attainment of degrees, and coming of drinking- and driving-age - fail to engage our souls and evoke hidden resources of character to the same degree that primitive initiations did for Native Americans, Eskimos, Australian Aborigines and so many others. And unfortunately, the need remains within the human psyche for sharp lines to be drawn between childhood, adolescence and adulthood. Pubescent boys who resort to drugs, crime and/or the violent rites of gang life are, in a sense, crying out for the elders to come and carry them into the dark soul-forest where the real significance of life will be revealed to them. Others may seek initiation in the often humiliating rituals of fraternity houses or the military.
The absence of a spiritually-grounded ritual life in our culture has created a void that our artists, especially, have endeavored to fill (whether consciously or unconsciously). For the ancient Greeks, Normans, Celts, Saxons and Hebrews, among others, mythology served as a compass by which to orient oneself in the world with an awareness of the larger entities of life. This characteristic trait has, in the modern day, been inherited by myth's prodigal son: fantasy literature.
Within the great fantasy tales we find the same themes that resonated so strongly within the hearts and minds of pre-civilized peoples, such as the death of childhood (and its illusions), guilt and redemption, the danger of hubris (pride), and the existence of realms and forces beyond the grasp of our five senses. On the one hand we are reading an adventure story set within an alternate time and/or place. But we are also holding up a mirror to our own inner world and seeing, reflected back at us, the disillusionment and triumph, pain and bliss, the vitality of our ideals and the reality of our dark side that we encounter along our journey to maturity. The real victories in fantasy stories occur when the protagonists are transformed by their journey and find the inner resources to meet their destiny. This is what distinguishes Frodo Baggins from the average film character portrayed by Arnold Schwarzenegger or Vin Diesel.
Fantasy captures the initiatory moments well. Remember our frightened tribal boy? Consider Rand Al'Thor fleeing Emond's Field as it is invaded by trollocs, or Luke Skywalker speeding back to his homestead to find his foster parents killed. There is no turning back; we must move forward. Luckily, we have our tribal elders and shamans: Merlin, Gandalf, Allanon, Obi-wan...did someone say "Hero with a Thousand Faces"? The same qualities - hard-won from the journey - that raised our tribal youth to manhood serve also to ennoble our own lives: courage, loyalty, integrity, humility and self-sacrifice. And just as a gifted boy of the Sioux returned from his spiritual communion in the plains to serve his tribe as Medicine Man, so the fantasy hero returns to his community, after confronting the powers of darkness, to give the gift of his newfound knowledge.
He is not the same person who was dragged from his comfortable abode by the initiatory hands of fate - and we, the readers, who have followed his journey, will hopefully never look at the world in quite the same way again, either.
Seth Mullins is the author of "Song of an Untamed Land", a novel of speculative fantasy in lawless frontier territory. To read excerpts and related writings, visit Seth at http://authorsden.com/sethtmullins
The Many Uses Of Bows In Wedding Decorations
Bows have been used in decorations for hundreds and hundreds of years. We use them in our every day lives, to make knots that will look pretty as well as come undone easily, to decorate our dresses, to wrap our gifts, to hang about our necks. Bows are also used very often in weddings, especially elegant bows made out of expensive fabrics. In fact, many different wedding themes and color schemes require ribbons and bows by nature.
A prime example of bows in weddings is to use in flower displays. The bride's bouquet has to be tied together somehow, and it is usually done with a complex, loopy, decorative ribbon. Bows are also sometimes used in the ordinary flower displays on the tables and in the corners of the room. It helps compose the whole feel of the wedding more to have a common element such as ribbon.
Bows are also used on chair covers and table cloths. Many chair cover rental places, especially chair cover rentals San Diego, incorporate massive amounts of bows in wedding linens. Sometimes these linens use a single, simple, but very large bow. Other times the linens are positively dripping with tiny adorable knots. It is popular practice to tuck flowers, seashells, small candies, and giant lollipops into the knot of these bows, for it adds a decorative flair and gives the guest a nice souvenir to take home.
Bows can be seen quite ubiquitously on articles of clothing. Many dresses boast a giant bow on the lower back, or several small bows in various parts of the dress. Lots of girls have been known to wear bows in their hair ornaments, and men have been known to tie bows around their throats. Bows are also used on shoes. High heeled shoes tend to have large, fluffy ribbons or a row of tiny decorative bows, and many men's shoestrings are tied into a rather scrawny, unisex bow.
Enthusiastic jewelry designers have even utilized the bow shape in metal work. These new jewelry pieces are not necessarily seen at weddings, but they are sold by a large number of major retailers and would match a wedding party dress quite nicely. Regular bows in jewelry are used to adorn flowers attached to the wrist or buttonhole. Some girls follow pre-Revolution French Fashion and even tie jaunty girly bows around their necks, though these are more related to the chocker than they are to the man's bowtie.
The large, cloth bows used so often in chair covers and wedding linens or by wedding linen rentals companies are probably inspired by the giant bows that girls are so often apt to tie about their waists. This might have been the Elizabethan/French/Victorian style that enjoyed exaggerating women's hips through large, fluffy clothing elements. It is a bit of a far stretch to compare it to the Japanese obi, though the elements are same, the knot itself is completely different.
Elegant bows are also used to adorn wedding gifts. Weddings are decadent and luxurious, and the wrapping on wedding gifts usually follows the same path. People are apt to use the most elegant paper they can find and top it all off with a beautiful, expensive bow that neither the bride nor groom will ever have the heart to throw away.
In the same style as wedding linens, chair cover rentals, and wedding table cloths, large cloth bows are also commonly pinned to the draperies on the walls and over the windows. Complex, loose, draping pieces of cloth provide endless entertainment to interior designers, and it is only natural that these materials go along perfectly with complex knots and elegant bows. Bows are sometimes even hung from the lamps and gently nailed to the ceilings.
Bows are, however, never ever put on the floor. People would be more likely to trip over them than admire them. Bows are also used very rarely in food, especially in meat and vegetable dishes. When bows are used in food, they are most often used in desserts, where the light, fluffy shape is aesthetically pleasing and makes for an absolutely adorable confection. They are also used to dress up the cake as elegantly as possible, though bakery bows are usually made from edible materials.
Bows are also not usually used in napkins. This may be because the napkin designer wanted the cloth to be as smooth as possible, for maximum mouth-wiping efficiency. Either that, or napkins are so often washed that the bows would have been damaged in the process. Either way, there are very few things on the dining table (aside from flowers, tablecloths, and perhaps wedding favors) that actually utilize bows.
About the Author
Allison Ryan is a freelance marketing writer from San Diego, CA. She specializes in wedding and party planning and is an expert on
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I need a translation from english to japanese! not the characters but like the pronounciation.?
please help me! i need it for monday. we are doing a commercail and i'm incharge of transation. i know its cheesy but i didnt write it. i just have to say it.
"Hello my name is Melissa with __ and for the next minute i will be telling you about our wonderful cheap useless kimomo's for sale. this kimono is pink and black with a nice flower design. Now that thats out of the way we will tell you how to put it on. You slip it on like a robe and you pull the left side over the right. Then you just velco the obi. Much simpler than the old-fashioned folding and tying. thank you for your time. Please buy out product."
HELP!!!!
안녕하세요. 내 이른은 melissa입니다. 지금 붙어 제가 싸고 좋은 옷을 보여 주겠습니다. 이 시발놈들아. 알겠냐??
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