ESTAR CHIFLADO: marzo 2014

sábado, 22 de marzo de 2014

BILLIKEN

IMÁGENES DE BILLIKEN
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¡¡¡QUÉ BIEN SE VENDEN!!!, EN ESPAÑA:
¿Qué es un Billiken?

La Historia nos cuenta que el Billiken es un amuleto de la buena suerte, pero hoy, ser un Billiken significa mucho más. Un Billiken dirige, aprende y sirve. Y lo más importante, un Billiken sabe cómo encajar en la sociedad, y aún así, destacar de una manera especial.

El Billiken ha sido la mascota de Saint Louis University desde hace 100 años. La mascota de Saint Louis University es la representación de la esencia de la experiencia educativa única que los estudiantes reciben durante su estancia en el campus.

Nuestros estudiantes se convierten en Billikens y asumen toda la experiencia que se les ofrece, convirtiéndose en ciudadanos globales, extraordinarios e involucrados en su entorno.

¡Atrévete a ser un Billiken! ¡Presenta tu Solicitud de Admisión para el Campus de Madrid o elCampus de Saint Louis!

EL PRIMER "BILLIKEN" SE EDITÓ COMO REVISTA EN LA ARGENTINA 17 de noviembre de 1919

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billiken

El nombre de la revista está tomado de un famoso muñeco de la época, una especie de divinidad hindú sonriente creado por la estadounidense Florence Pretz (POR TANTO DE JAPONÉS NADA, NOS LO CREEMOS TODO-TOÍTO, COMO CROMAÑONES, EN OSAKA) .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billiken

CUANDO SE PUSO D MODA EN JAPÓN: 1908 LA QUE CONOCEMOS DE OSAKA
The Billiken made its Japanese debut in 1908. A statue was installed in the uppermost level of the original Tsutenkaku Tower as it was opened to the public in 1912. When the nearby Luna Park was closed in 1925, the tower's Billiken statue disappeared. In 1980, a replacement statue made its appearance in a new Tsutenkaku Tower that was built in 1956.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsutenkaku_Tower
Tsūtenkaku (通天閣^?, lit. "Tower Reaching Heaven") owned by Tsūtenkaku Kanko Co., Ltd. is a tower and well-known landmark of Osaka, Japan and advertises Hitachi. It is located in the Shinsekai district of Naniwa-ku, Osaka. Its total height is 103 m: the main observation deck is at a height of 91 m.

Throughout Japan representations of the Billiken were enshrined. Pre-World War IIstatues of the Billiken can be found in Kobe city's Chinju Inari and Matsuo Inari shrines. Both of these statues were removed from display for many years at the onset of the war when foreign deities fell out of favor.

The most famous representation of the Billiken was in an amusement park, Luna Park, in the Shinsekai district of Osaka, Japan. In 1912, he was enshrined in the park as a symbol of Americana and there was revered as "The God of Things As They Ought to Be" (= "EL DIOS DE LAS COSAS TAL COMO ELLAS DEBIERAN SER"). Popular Billiken souvenirs in the park included dolls and manju (sweet buns filled with red paste). When the park closed in 1923, the wooden statue of the Billiken went missing.

A replica of the statue was placed in the second-generation Tsutenkaku Tower in 1980. Due to wear (particularly to the soles of the feet), the dark, worn statue was replaced in May 2012 with a new one. Presently he resides on the fifth floor observation deck and has become closely associated with the tower. Each year thousands of visitors place a coin in his donation box and rub the soles of his well-worn feet to make their wishes come true. In October 2008, the Billiken of Tsutenkaku took a journey all the way from Japan to its founding city of St. Louis where it was visited by students of St. Louis University High School, whose mascot is also the billiken.