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The Bon Festival, also known as ''Obon'', ''Festival of Lanterns'', or the ''Festival for the Spirits of the Dead'', is a Japanese holiday that's similar to Mexico's ''Day of the Dead''. The holiday lasts a week commemorating and honoring the dead, especially the ancestors, due to the Buddhist beliefs that the spirits and ghosts of love will come to visit the world of the living, mainly to revist the household altars. These week long holidays were celebrated for approximately 500 years, though the holiday itself is now different. - For example, those the celebrators began using floating lanterns. Various Japanese regions that observe this holiday vary, and now the Bon Festival is celebrated internationally.