シーミー

noun

tomb sweeping festival; Okinawan Qingming

Okinawan dialect term for the tomb sweeping festival held around April 4 or 5, corresponding to the Chinese Qingming Festival (清明祭).

See also: 清明祭

• 沖おき縄なわでは、シーミーの時じ期きになると家か族ぞくでお墓はかに集あつまる。

  In Okinawa, families gather at the graves during the Shīmī season.