Japan: Festivities and Traditions

The celebration of the New Year, the Boys and Girls Parties, the purification, protection and funerary rites, as well as the fertility cults and the end of year ceremonies are some of the festivities and rituals of Japan, a country full of religious traditions mostly originating in Shintoism, to which practices from Buddhism and Christianity were added.

The exhibition ‘Japão: Festas e Tradições’ proposes an immersive journey to these festivities.

Among set designs, recreations of altars and cult spaces, objects of devotion, statuettes and pictures, there are more than 1500 pieces to see.

 

Until 31st December; from Tuesday to Sunday; from 10 am to 6 pm;
Museu do Oriente, Av. Brasília, Doca de Alcântara (buses: 712, 713, 714, 727, 742, 751, 756, 728, 732, 760, 720, 738 | trams: 15E, 18E | train: Cascais, Alcântara-Mar station).
Tickets: 6 euros.