ひな祭まつり (hinamatsuri)

三月さんがつ 三さん 日にちはひな 祭まつりです。

March 3rd is the Doll Festival.

雛祭りの際に雛壇に飾る餅。

Mochi which is put on a doll-displaying stand during the Girl's Festival.

京都の雛祭りには欠かせないとされる。

It is said that Hikichigiri is an integral part of the Doll Festival in Kyoto.

雛祭りの原型とされる流し雛の行事との類似性が指摘される。

A similarity is pointed out between the events of Toro Nagashi and Nagashibina (floating hina dolls down a river) the latter being regarded as an origin of Hinamatsuri (Dolls' Festival).

なかでも「三十段飾り千体の雛祭り（1月31日～4月7日。

流し雛（ながしびな）は雛祭りのもとになったといわれる行事。

Nagashi-bina (paper dolls floated downriver) is an event which is said to be the origin of the Dolls' Festival.

座敷雛（ざしきびな）は、愛媛県八幡浜市真穴地区に伝わる雛祭り行事。

Zashikibina is a form of the Hinamatsuri (Doll Festival) celebration inherited specifically in Ma-ana district, Yawatahama City, Ehime Prefecture.

世界の民族人形博物館）」と「田中本家博物館　雛の宴」は見逃せない。

For example, 'Dolls' Festival with Thousand Hina Dolls on Thirty Tiers' (January 31 - April 7, World Folk Doll Museum) and 'Tanaka Honke Museum Feast of Hina Doll' are must-sees.

白酒（しろざけ）とは、雛祭りにおいて祝いのために出される酒のことを指す。

Shirozake refers to a sake served to celebrate the Hinamatsuri (the Doll's Festival).

また、旧暦3月3日(旧暦)の雛祭りなども、多くの地方で月遅れで行われている。

Also, Hina-matsuri (the Doll festival) was March 3 in the old calendar but is now held one month later in many regions.

男雛と女雛を中心とする人形を飾り、桃の花を飾って、白酒(日本酒)などの飲食を楽しむ節句祭り。

Hina-matsuri is a seasonal festival to display dolls centering around the doll representing the emperor called obina and the doll representing the empress called mebina with peach flowers, enjoying eating and drinking shirozake (sweet white sake), for example.

この遊びである「雛あそび」が節句としての「雛祭り」へと変わったのは天正年間以降のことであり、この時代から三月の節句の祓に雛祭りを行うようになったと推測されている。

It was not until the Tensho era that this play 'Hina-asobi' was transformed into 'Hina-matsuri' as an event of the seasonal festival; thus, it is assumed that Hina-matsuri began to be held as purification during the seasonal festival of March from this era.