Talk:Sekihan

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Recipe belongs in Wikibooks, not on Wikipedia FlagSteward 16:32, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

I don't really have any sources to back this up, but a celebratory or "good luck" color combination in Japan is red and white; I wouldn't be surprised if that was more of a eason for the celebratory rice being red than a woman attaining menarch... 210.250.9.162 (talk) 03:54, 9 April 2008 (UTC) Scott

Menarche
While I can't claim that the entire tradition of eating sekihan in celebration derives from it's traditional consumption upon a girl's reaching menarche, the latter is in fact a well-known tradition, albiet probably seldom practiced these days. The Japanese Wikipedia states thusly:

かつて日本では女児の初潮を祝して赤飯を振る舞う家庭もあったが、現在ではこの風習をする家庭は減っている. 但し、一部のドラマなどで年頃の女児に赤飯でお祝いするシーンなどが見受けられる場合もあり、視聴者もそのシーンを見て初潮を連想する事から一般的に根付いている赤飯の風習の一つとも言える. 上記までの様々な風習でも分かるとおり、赤飯に纏わる風習は形を変えながら日本各地に存在している.

74.77.250.92 (talk) 22:37, 7 November 2011 (UTC)