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	Nov 23: 勤労感謝の日, Kinrō kansha no hi (Japan)

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11-23-2008 5:03 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/6ad61f08-b991-4f1c-be1a-3c7f55810d7c/0F8EB7B2-56C7-4EAA-ABD4-86D7642240CE/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://multiculturalcalendar.com/ecal/index.php?s=ste-ste" href="http://multiculturalcalendar.com/ecal/index.php?s=ste-ste" style="font-size: 11px;">multiculturalcalendar.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://multiculturalcalendar.com/ecal/index.php?s=ste-ste"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/multiculturalcalendar.com/img/79246B90-B3D6-46D1-AC06-30A7FFA8DA9E" alt="Cover of Multicultural Calendar" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://multiculturalcalendar.com/ecal/main.php?lang=en&s=ste-ste&year=2008&id=11" href="http://multiculturalcalendar.com/ecal/main.php?lang=en&s=ste-ste&year=2008&id=11" style="font-size: 11px;">multiculturalcalendar.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://multiculturalcalendar.com/ecal/main.php?lang=en&s=ste-ste&year=2008&id=11"><H2>November 2008</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://multiculturalcalendar.com/ecal/main.php?lang=en&s=ste-ste&year=2008&id=11"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/multiculturalcalendar.com/img/740C3CB4-E51C-490F-B1B3-B4112F4C9542" alt="23" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://multiculturalcalendar.com/ecal/main.php?lang=en&s=ste-ste&year=2008&id=11"><A  href="javascript:alert('This link contains javascript. Please visit the clip source to follow this link.');" target="_self"><U>Kinro Kansha No Hi</U></A><FONT class="type"><BR />Japan</FONT></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Labour_Thanksgiving_Day&oldid=253560889" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Labour_Thanksgiving_Day&oldid=253560889" style="font-size: 11px;">en.wikipedia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Labour_Thanksgiving_Day&oldid=253560889"><P><B>Labour Thanksgiving Day</B> <SPAN>(<SPAN lang="ja" xml:lang="ja" class="t_nihongo_kanji">勤労感謝の日</SPAN><SPAN class="t_nihongo_comma">,</SPAN> <I><SPAN class="t_nihongo_romaji">Kinrō kansha no hi</SPAN></I><SPAN class="t_nihongo_help"><SUP><A title="Help:Japanese" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Japanese"><SPAN class="t_nihongo_icon">?</SPAN></A></SUP></SPAN>)</SPAN> is a national <A title="Holidays of Japan" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holidays_of_Japan">holiday</A> in <A title="Japan" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan">Japan</A>. It takes place annually on <A title="November 23" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_23">November 23</A>. The law establishing the holiday cites it as an occasion for commemorating <A title="Manual labour" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manual_labour">labour</A> and production and giving one another thanks.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Labour_Thanksgiving_Day&oldid=253560889"><P>Events are held throughout Japan, one such being the <A class="mw-redirect" title="Nagano" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagano">Nagano</A> Labour Festival. The event encourages thinking about the <A title="Natural environment" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_environment">environment</A>, <A title="Peace" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace">peace</A> and <A title="Human rights" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights">human rights</A>.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Labour_Thanksgiving_Day&oldid=253560889"><P>It is not unusual for early grade elementary students to create drawings for the holiday and give them as gifts to local <A title="Koban (police box)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koban_(police_box)">kobans, or police stations</A>.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Labour_Thanksgiving_Day&oldid=253560889">Labor Thanksgiving Day is the modern name for an ancient <A title="Rice" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice">rice</A> <A title="Harvest festival" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvest_festival">harvest festival</A> known as <I>Niiname-sai</I> <SPAN>(<SPAN lang="ja" xml:lang="ja" class="t_nihongo_kanji">新嘗祭</SPAN><SPAN class="t_nihongo_norom"><SPAN class="t_nihongo_comma">,</SPAN> <I><SPAN class="t_nihongo_romaji"><I>Niiname-sai</I></SPAN></I></SPAN><SPAN class="t_nihongo_help"><SUP><A title="Help:Japanese" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Japanese"><SPAN class="t_nihongo_icon">?</SPAN></A></SUP></SPAN>)</SPAN>, believed to have been held as long ago as November of 678. Traditionally, it celebrated the year's hard work; during the Niiname-sai ceremony, the <A class="mw-redirect" title="Emperors of Japan" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperors_of_Japan">Emperor</A> would dedicate the year's harvest to <A title="Kami" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kami">kami</A> (<A title="Spirit" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit">spirits</A>), and taste the rice for the first time.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/0F8EB7B2-56C7-4EAA-ABD4-86D7642240CE/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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