noun
tomb sweeping festival; Okinawan Qingming Festival
Okinawan festival held around April 4 or 5, when families visit and clean ancestral tombs. Also known as シーミー.
See also: シーミー
沖縄では清明祭に家族でお墓参りをする。
In Okinawa, families visit graves during the Seimeisai festival.
清明祭は毎年4月の初めに行われる。
The Seimeisai festival is held at the beginning of April every year.
The Chinese Qingming Festival, which is the origin of the Okinawan custom, but celebrated more widely in East Asia.
From Chinese 清明節 (Qingming Festival), adapted into Okinawan culture as a tomb-sweeping festival.