Picture discussion

This picture shows a scene of a tea ceremony at a forest. From the fallen leaves on the ground, I can tell that is around autumn season at that time. As the fallen leaves are in brown and orange. From their sitting posture and attire, I think they are Japanese. Other than that, I also think that it is a formal occasion. As they were wearing kimono which are normally wore in formal occasion by Japanese and tea ceremony is counted as formal occasion in Japan. They also left their shoes beside the mats. I think that it is very tiring to sit in that position as their legs might feel numb after a long time. There are four people sitting on two mats lying on the floor. One of them is preparing the tea for the tea ceremony. As she is the only one sitting on the mat next to the utensils. I think she might be a professional for making tea for tea ceremony. As the tea ceremony is a formal occasion so they might not want an amateur to do it. The other three people are sitting on another mat, they seem to be the one that are going to drink the tea. The three customers all wore a different mask, they seem replacing as the Japanese ghost to participate in the tea ceremony. I think this tea ceremony is to calm down the ghosts so they might not do anything bad to the living. I also think they might have to hold this tea ceremony annually. I think that this ceremony is very interesting and I think that it is quite like our hungry ghost festival in Singapore that is being hold during the lunar 7th month.

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