Google Doodle celebrates the Japanese star festival Tanabata
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Google Doodle celebrates the Japanese star festival Tanabata

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Search giant Google is celebrating the Japanese festival Tanabata with a special doodle. However, the star festival is also celebrated on August 7 in some places in Japan based on the older Chinese calendar. Tanabata is based on the ancient Chinese legend of two star-crossed lovers, Zhinü and Niulang, who were only allowed to meet once a year. However, after falling in love, Orihime stopped weaving and Hikoboshi stopped tending his cows, angering Tentei, who forbade the two lovers to meet. It is believed that if it rains on the day of Tanabata, the magpies will not come and the two lovers will have to wait another year to meet.

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