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Published: 2009-07-15 15:06:30 +0000 UTC; Views: 2137; Favourites: 25; Downloads: 38
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In Nara, you certainly start feeling like a deer deity once you've got some deer biscuits in your hand! They'll all flock towards you and will nuzzle you 'till you give them a biscuit!You can see a video that I took here: [link]
...Oops, I forgot to suck my stomach in. Bwahahahaha.
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Yep... I came to the wrong neighborhood: www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbi…
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well, good luck on finding your way out of it ... hehehe
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O no the deers have a taste for human flesh run!
lol jk
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There use to be a cemetery (yes, a cemetery) around here that had tame deer and geese you could pet, reminds me of that.
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Oh I love cemeteries, and it's nice when there's fun stuff to do in them
(I know it may sound OH SO GAWTH to love cemeteries, but over here many cemeteries are referred to as "Memorial Parks" where people can come and have picnics.)
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I don't think it's creepy personally but we're kind of weird about death over here (USA) I think.
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Yeah, I noticed that, too. Like children in the US have to be "talked to" about death and that there are books and Sesame Street TV specials to tell them about it. I found it kinda surprising. I've always known about death, that I can't even remember my first encounter with it because it's just natural knowledge to me. Same goes for most children in this country.
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My family was always vague about natural things like that, either covering it up with religion ("they are in heaven now") or just avoiding the subject :/ I think there's a lot of that here in general.
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Really? What's the rational behind not letting your kids know about death?
Just a week ago my sister-in-law's uncle died, and when she was leaving for the wake, my nephew asked where she was going. We just told him, "Oh, you remember uncle so-and-so? He died". And he was just like, "Oh, okay."
I also went to a lot of funerals when I was a little kid. And I being carried over the coffin before it's buried, as part of the tradition. All the little kids (little enough to be carried) are passed over the dead body so that the spirit doesn't follow them home.
And like I said, we like to have picnics at cemeteries. During Day of the Dead many people spend the night at their loved ones' graves/mausoleums. This is my family's mausoleum: [link] (That's my grandpa in the place of honor in the middle. When I die I'm just gonna either be buried to the side or be cremated and placed in one of the marble boxes 
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I think we like to pretend that 'bad' things just don't happen. "It just happens to everything and everyone" isn't happy enough, I guess. Bizarre! Maybe it was just my family; my mom use to visit the cemetery on a regular basis and my dad thought she was really weird to even do that.
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That makes it even harder to deal with when it does happen to you, though! I dunno, I'd rather be emotionally prepared =/ It's hard enough dealing with stuff when you know what's coming, I can't imagine how painful things would be when you get a sudden slap of reality in the face.
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Exactly! We're kind of suppressed here a bit tho compared to say, the Europeans XD
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Ohhh~ I remember those deers, they are awesome. You do feel like a Snow White or something with them nuzzling you.
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Either that or their next snack. Hah.
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OMG, Nara, where deer run toward you instead of away from you, XD
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I KNOW. In this case, I'm the one who has headlight-eyes.
AAAAAGH THEY'RE COMIIIIIING O___O
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They'll go after you even if you're just standing by the biscuit booths. *Has been mobbed by deer several times in Nara*
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That was cute, but they're a little creepy. But I think anything in swarms is creepy XD
OMG! That girl ate your map!
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Haha yeah, it was a very bad girl!!!
Did you get to go to Nara when you went to Japan?
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Nope, but its something I might visit next year! I'm planning on going again with some friends! So much planning to do! :3
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Oooh I do hope you get to go! I'm hoping to go again next year too
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With all the foresty animals and stuff it kinda reminds me of Princess Mononoke.
Only the animals are being themselves as hungry tempted little devils.
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SO cute!! I love deer. LOL don't feel bad, I always forget to suck my stomach in too!
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Does that mean people get to be naughty now?
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Oh, here's my own video for it. See how they just start following you 
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Believe it or not, that's really how it is! They see you've got a biscuit in your hand, and OOOOOH HERE THEY COME! Deer swarm! In fact, my white skirt got all dirty and one of them nibbled a hole into my shirt!!
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So they like biscuits, paper and cloth.
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Haha seems like it
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Haha definitely enjoyed! Thanks
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You wanted to take one home with you didn't you? Don't lie.
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You can trade in your motorcycle for a Nara Deer! Very Ecologically friendly!
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Yer a cutie.
and the deer are adorable!
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