Jizos in red bibs at a shrine in Tokyo, May 2023
Welcome to One Word Sunday. I’m back from recent travels so here we go with this week’s theme of red.
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Copyright Debbie Smyth, 21 May 2023
Posted as part of One Word Sunday
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Travel with Intent 
Just a week delay 🙂
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Interesting statues!
Here is my entry for red:
https://wp.me/p3RE1e-gGn
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My favorite color . . .
https://anthropologist.wordpress.com/2023/05/22/one-word-sunday-red-2/
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Welcome back – I’m sure you’d a wonderful time – hope to get there one day…
https://hopsskipsandjumps.com/2023/05/21/red-2/
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I hope you do. A fascinating place. And wonderful food.
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hello debbie,
a very interesting and wonderful image you have chosen for the challenge theme i like it very much.
here is my contribution for this week, https://wp.me/pdALlZ-uf.
many greetings robert
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Gorgeous photo Debbie. 😀 😀
Here is my entry for the week. Enjoy.
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I took the title (a slight [a]variation) from your other red post today. To be honest, I prefer this photo a lot more (I’m not really a city girl).
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Here’s mine: https://outofmywritemind.com/2023/05/21/some-red-tones/
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Making one of my infrequent appearances!
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https://geriatrixfotogallerie.wordpress.com/2023/05/21/pomegranate/
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I wonder why these well-behaved types need bibs?
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To keep the evil away. There may be quite a sad story behind this – some say it started when people attached the bibs of children who had died
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Oh, that is sad.
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Great image – very powerful – are they always draped in red? Hope you had an amazing trip.:) Here is my RED post: https://carylbeach.art/2023/05/21/one-word-sunday-red-21st-may-2023/
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These little Jizo statues are often dressed in red bibs and/or hats. Red is the colour that is believed to keep evil away and is a traditional colour for shrines in Japan. For these little statues, there is an added reason for the bibs as the Jizo are believed to be guardians of children, and the red is there to help guard dead children as they pass to the next world.
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Buddha in Red – not seen before! My entry here:
https://flightsofthesoul.wordpress.com/2023/05/21/red/
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It is very common to dress these Jizo statues in red. There are also some small fox-like statues that get dressed in red
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Happy Sunday 🙂
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