The crew of the Japanese freighter Meiwa Maru hung small bunches of nee straw and white pap<r <shimemawa) over the cabin doors of their ship while it was in Wellington on New Year’s Day. They did this as Eart of the Buddhist observance of lew Year to keep "devils" away. Another part of the T’ew Year's Day proceedings was the eating of mou—small rice cakes. The captain of the ship. Captain S. Nakamaru. said that moti used to be eaten all the year round, but now they were kept mostly for New Year and one or two other special events.
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Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27860, 7 January 1956, Page 5
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