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And when all the celebrations are over it
remains only to pick up all the ornaments
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all the accessories of the celebration
and by burning them, make a celebration.
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This is dondo-yaki, a Shinto blessing of the debris
that have a right to immortalitylike the dolls at Ueno.
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The last statebefore their disappearance
of the poignancy of things.
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Darumathe one eyed spirit
reigns supreme at the summit of the bonfire.
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Abandonment must be a feast;
laceration must be a feast.
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And the farewell to all that one has lost, broken,
used, must be ennobled by a ceremony.
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It's Japan that could fulfill the wish of that French writer
who wanted divorce to be made a sacrament.
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The only baffling part of this ritual was the circle of children
striking the ground with their long poles.