Fyre Festival 2: I Can't Believe They Fell For It Again Edition
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/apr/17/fyre-festival-2-postponed
I mean, I get it. Festivals are supposed to offer An Experience, and many offer a very specialized experience to a very specific audience.
"Being rich and WRONGED" is definitely an experience, and clearly there are people in the market for that. 
Happy Chaharshanbe Suri to Iranians!
I saw the Brussels Iranian community was leaping over the flames in the Parc Cinquantenaire, in the European quarter
The new shrine's parishioners were divided into 3 groups that participate in the fire festival to this day: upper (上在地), middle (中在地) and lower (下在地/宮本).
Emperor Suzaku bestowed on the villagers the title 'myōshū nakama' (名衆仲間), 'honored servants of the court'.
The journey was long and darkness began to fall before the 1km procession had reached its destination.
Expecting the gods, the locals of Kurama fashioned torches and bonfires from dry reeds (taken from the Kamo-gawa) to light the way.
Their generosity would later be rewarded.
FIRE FESTIVAL
Yuki-jinja's (由岐神社) 'Hi Matsuri' (鞍馬の火祭 'Fire Festival') on October 22nd is said to have origins in the bonfires lit to guide the shrine's gods as they journeyed from the imperial palace to the mountain village of Kurama (鞍馬).
Our battery powered wall clock turned itself back
by exactly one hour yesterday
Yet Daylight Savings starts today
when clocks spring forward by one hour (except Qld, NT, WA)
It’s nearing Beltane here (looking towards Summer - Southern Hemisphere)
Not spooky Samhain (looking towards Winter - Northern Hemisphere)
So, a gentle reminder to change Smoke Alarm Batteries before Fire Season.
Yuki-jinja (由岐神社) is located at the base of Mt Kurama, beside a zig-zagging path that climbs to the temple above.
Enshrined here are the gods Ōnamuchi (大己貴命) and Sukunahikona (少彦名命), collectively known as 'Yuki Daimyōjin'.
Both are considered deities of medicine.
