精しょう霊りょう流ながし

noun

floating lanterns for the spirits of the deceased

A custom during Obon in which lanterns or offerings are set adrift on water to guide the spirits of ancestors back to the other world. Primarily associated with Nagasaki and other regions.

• 長なが崎さきでは、お盆ぼんに精しょう霊りょう流ながしが行おこなわれます。

  In Nagasaki, the floating of lanterns for the spirits is held during Obon.

• 精しょう霊りょう流ながしの灯とう籠ろうが川かわ面もを彩いろどった。

  The lanterns of the spirit-floating ceremony colored the river surface.