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Tanabata
Wishes written on paper strips and hung on bamboo for two stars that meet once a year.
About Tanabata
Tanabata, the Star Festival, comes from the Chinese legend of the weaver girl and the cowherd, two lovers set on either side of the Milky Way who may cross only on the seventh night of the seventh month. In Japan, people write wishes on small coloured strips of paper (tanzaku) and hang them on bamboo branches, with the hope that the stars will grant them, often for skill in handwriting or sewing. The paper decorations are traditionally floated away or burned at the end. In some towns the festival is held on 7 August, because of the old calendar, and the Chinese version, Qixi, is also called a day for love and for women's skills.
Also part of it, and being written: Tanabata (The Japanese Star Festival.), Qixi Festival (The Chinese festival it comes from.).
Written by the EveryJaadu desk with AI assistance. Background: "Tanabata" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from place to place and family to family, and are described as belief and practice. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.