Shapes of origami for Obon?

Question

What sort of origami shapes can be made during Obon? By that I mean is there anything that is made traditionally or any shapes that are appropriate to make? I already know how to make a ghost...

Answer 1

How about a horse?  I don't remember if I made it with Origami during Obon time, but I remember that I made a horse using cucumber or Japanese eggplant(as a body)with toothpicks(for legs).  My grandma explained to me that the horse will take our 'visiting' ancestors back to heaven.  

Answer 2

agree with the answer above ^

origami and obon are not really connected...

but one of the traditional origami that people still make these days are cranes :)

for example, japanese people who are in the hospital makes 1,000 paper cranes (千羽鶴 senba zuru) hoping to get better soon. basically, japanese people belive that paper crane brings good luck to them

:)  

Answer 3

Origami has nothing to do with Obon. You can make any shape as you do in other occasions.

There is nothing like "You should make this during Obon".