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The Spokane Buddhist Temple will have its annual Obon Festival July 25-26, which is traditional event commemorating one’s ancestors.
The festival will be July 25 fro 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. and July 26 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Bon Odori will be at 6 p.m. both nights. Bon Odori is a customary dance done in a circle, usually involving fans.
The event will include:
- Hawaiian food
- Japanese exhibits
- Kids crafts and games
Admission is free. For information call 534-7954.
Tracy Simmons is an award-winning journalist specializing in religion reporting and digital entrepreneurship. In her approximate 20 years on the religion beat, Simmons has tucked a notepad in her pocket and found some of her favorite stories aboard cargo ships in New Jersey, on a police chase in Albuquerque, in dusty Texas church bell towers, on the streets of New York and in tent cities in Haiti. Simmons has worked as a multimedia journalist for newspapers across New Mexico, Texas, Connecticut and Washington. She is the executive director of SpokaneFāVS.com, a digital journalism start-up covering religion news and commentary in Spokane, Washington. She also writes for The Spokesman-Review and national publications. She is a Scholarly Assistant Professor of Journalism at Washington State University.
