2013+Year+of+the+Snake

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We made a title page showing a New Year postcard with a //hebi//. We made curly wurly //hebi// to take home. || ||   || we celebrate 節分//Setsubun//. We chased away an おに //oni//, throwing rice and shouting: おにはそと、ふくはうち！ Oni wa soto, fuku wa uchi! Bad luck go away, good luck come and stay!  * Then we ate まめ //mam//e, as many as our age, for Good Luck for the whole year. //Mame// are roasted soya beans - very crunchy. We thought they taste like popcorn. ||  ||
 * 2013 is the Year of the へび//hebi// [snake].
 * [[image:stfrancisdesalescollege-japaneser-2/snake 016.jpg width="320" height="240"]] || [[image:stfrancisdesalescollege-japaneser-2/snake 015.jpg width="320" height="240"]] ||  ||
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 * [[image:stfrancisdesalescollege-japaneser-2/snake 001.jpg width="258" height="283"]] || [[image:stfrancisdesalescollege-japaneser-2/snake 004.jpg width="240" height="292" caption="Okinawa 'hebi' are amazing! These woven snakes from the southern tropical island of Okinawa grip on to your finger & don't let go!"]] ||  ||
 * [[image:stfrancisdesalescollege-japaneser-2/snake 005.jpg width="316" height="236"]] || [[image:stfrancisdesalescollege-japaneser-2/snake 003.jpg width="316" height="236"]] ||  ||
 * [[image:stfrancisdesalescollege-japaneser-2/snake 009.jpg width="251" height="311"]] || In Japan on February 3
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 * [[image:stfrancisdesalescollege-japaneser-2/snake 008.jpg width="243" height="300"]] || [[image:stfrancisdesalescollege-japaneser-2/snake 002.jpg width="327" height="232"]] ||  ||
 * [[image:stfrancisdesalescollege-japaneser-2/snake 011.jpg width="340" height="239"]] || [[image:stfrancisdesalescollege-japaneser-2/snake 010.jpg width="334" height="235"]] ||  ||
 * [[image:stfrancisdesalescollege-japaneser-2/snake 014.jpg width="347" height="239"]] || [[image:stfrancisdesalescollege-japaneser-2/snake 012.jpg width="329" height="248"]] ||  ||
 * No sensei were harmed in the rice-throwing activity. Well, only a bit…