今日2月2日はGroundhog Day です。
温暖なフロリダではあまり気にとめることはない伝統行事ですが
早く春が訪れて欲しいと願う北部の人達にとっては大切な伝統だそうです。
"Groundhog Day" comes once a year and
it's a unique holiday with considerably more popularity outside of Florida state.
Colder-climate locations across the the United States pay more attention
to this tradition, every February 2.
Groundhog Day というのは何かと言えば
グランドホグが巣穴から出てきたとき、もし自分の影を見たら冬はまだ6週間ほど続き、
もし影を見なかったら春が早くやってくるだろうという
春の到来を占うドイツ由来の行事です。
ペンシルバニア州の初期の移民がドイツ人だったことから
200年も歴史があるパンクサトーニーが最も有名です。
The idea behind Groundhog Day boils down to this:
When the Groundhog came out of a den, if he sees his shadow on Feb 2nd,
there will be six more weeks of winter.
However, if the Groundhog doesn't see his shadow,
there will be signs of an early spring.
This tradition derived from Germany telling the spring arrival.
Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, with the roots of 200 years, is most famous,
because Pennsylvania’s earliest settlers were Germans.
今年の占いの結果は、影を見たのでまだ冬が続くとか。。。
しかし、ニューヨークや他の地域で行われた結果は影を見なかったそうです。
How about the world’s most famous weather forecast of this year?
Punxsutawney Phil crawled out of den and saw his shadow.
As the legend goes, there will be six more weeks of winter.
However, The result of fortune-telling carried out in other areas, was different.
我が家の姫はどう占いますか?
Did you see your shadow?
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