It is celebrates the meeting of the deities ORIHIME and HIKOBOSHI (represented by the stars VEGA and ALTAIR respectively)According to legend,the Milky Way separates these lovers,and they are allowed to meet only once a year on the seventh day of teh seventh lunar month of the lunisolar calendar.
The date of TANABATA varies by rigion of the country ,but the first festivities begin on July 7 of the Gregorian calendar.The celebration is held at night. Shizuka Oya
It was good to know about a new celebration of a different culture.
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