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Koinobori
, meaning "carp streamer" in Japanese, are carp-shaped wind socks traditionally flown in Japan to celebrate , a traditional calendrical event which is now designated a national holiday; Children's Day (Kodomo no Hi, 子供の日).〔"Trend Illustrated Japanese-English Dictionary of Things Japanese", Shogakukan, 1999〕 These wind socks are made by drawing carp patterns on paper, cloth or other nonwoven fabric. They are then allowed to flutter in the wind. They are also known as .
Children's Day takes place on May 5, the last day of Golden Week, the largest break for workers and also a week in which businesses usually close for up to 9–10 days. Landscapes across Japan are decorated with ''koinobori'' from April to early May, in honor of children for a good future and in the hope that they will grow up healthy and strong.
==Description==
A typical ''koinobori'' set consists of, from the top of the pole down, a pair of with a ball-shaped spinning vane, that looks like a windsock. The number and meaning of the carp socks or ''koinobori'' that fly beneath the streamer has changed over time. Traditionally, the set would contain a black ''koinobori'' representing the father, followed by a smaller, red ''koinobori'' representing his eldest son. This is why, according to the Japanese American National Museum, in the traditional "children's song," the red one (higoi) represents the eldest son. If more boys were in the household, an additional blue, green and then, depending on the region, either purple or orange ''koinobori'' were added. After the government's decree that converted Boy's Day (Tango no Sekku) into the present Children's Day (Kodomo no Hi), the holiday came to celebrate the happiness of both boys and girls. As a result, the red ''koinobori'' came to represent the mother of the family and it is not uncommon for the color to be varied as pink. Similarly, the other colors and sizes of carp came to represent all the family's children, both sons and daughters. At present, the ''koinobori'' are commonly flown above the roofs of houses with children, with the biggest (black) ''koinobori'' for the father, next biggest (red or pink) for the mother, and an additional, smaller carp of a different color for each child in decreasing order by age.
These ''koinobori'' range from a few inches long to a few meters long. In 1988, the 100 m long ''koinobori'' weighing 350 kg was made in Kazo, Saitama.
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