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  1. Japanese `star festival' celebrated annually
  2. on 7 July, introduced from China in the 8th
  3. century. It is dedicated to Altair and Vega,
  4. two stars in the constellation Aquila, which
  5. are united once yearly in the Milky Way.
  6. According to legend they represent two
  7. star-crossed lovers allowed by the gods to
  8. meet on that night.
  9.