送おくり火び

noun

ceremonial bonfire for sending off spirits during Obon

A fire lit on the final evening of Obon to guide the spirits of the ancestors back to the other world. Part of Japanese Buddhist tradition.

• お盆ぼんの最さい終しゅう日びには、送おくり火びを焚たいて先せん祖ぞの霊れいを見み送おくります。

  On the last day of Obon, we light a send-off fire to see off the spirits of our ancestors.