Japanese Cultural Life - Heritage Community Foundation

Heritage Community Foundation Presents
Alberta Online Encyclopedia

home » people of alberta » japanese » cultural life

Japanese Cultural Life

Heritage Trails

	Cemetery Day in Raymond Buddhist traditions in the Christmas season.

Japanese people began migrating to the prairies in the early 1900s. Those who settled in Raymond, Alberta, continued observing the most important festival of their Buddhist tradition, Feast for the Ancestors or Oban. The festival honours the people that have gone before them. Listen to this Heritage Trail!

Buddhists have a mid-winter celebration called the Feast of Enlightenment. This celebration holds many similarities to Christmas, the holiday of Christian faith. One striking similarity is the Buddhist Tree of Enlightenment, which bears a strong resemblance to the Christian Christmas tree.

This digital collection was produced with financial assistance from Canada's Digital Collections initiative, Industry Canada.

timeline »

Albertasource.ca | Contact Us | Partnerships
For more on Alberta’s cultural diversity, visit Peel’s Prairie Provinces.