Paris Festival

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Paris Festival (Parisai)

***** Location: Japan
***** Season: Late Summer
***** Category: Observance

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Explanation

Pari sai, parisai パリ祭 (ぱりさい) Paris festival
..... Parii sai 晩夏 パリー祭（ぱりーさい）
..... Parisai 巴里祭（ぱりさい）




Celebrated on July 14.
This is a national holiday in France.

People who like France come together in the Ginza (Tokyo) and other places to celebrate.
There are often events with French chansons and other music.


There was also a famous movie in Japan, called

Pari-Sai 巴里祭 (Bastille Day).


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The Storming of the Bastille
occurred in Paris on the 14th of July, 1789.
The medieval fortress and prison in Paris known as the Bastille represented royal authority in the center of Paris.

In France, Le quatorze juillet (14 July)
is a public holiday, formally known as the Fête de la Fédération (Federation Holiday). It is usually called Bastille Day in English.
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HAIKU





巴里祭ピエロの黒き涙痕
Pari sai piero no kuroki namida ato

Paris Festival -
the black traces
of a clown's tears

Saito Yumiko 斉藤由美子


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A long list of haiku about 巴里祭
http://www.haisi.com/saijiki/parisai.htm


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Haiku about Paris



絵葉書の巴里の青空レモン切る　
ehagaki no Pari no aozora remon kiru

on a postcard
the blue sky of Paris -
I cut a lemon

Shimonyama Yoshiko 下山芳子


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a rain cloud
gently caress
the Eiffel Tower


Notre Dame -
in the cathedral
two grooms

Alex Serban
Kigo Hotline, August 2011


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tango in Paris
her silhouette in his sunglasses
Eiffel Tower

tango à Paris
sa silhouette dans ses lunettes de soleil
Tour Eiffel

shared by Irena Szewczyk



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July the Fourteenth---
the storming of the Bastille
by the French peasants

Fred Masarani, 2013


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Related words

***** WKD Reference

***** Tear, tears (namida) Japan. Träne, Tränen

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