their many rituals and special occasions the used of taiko as a mean to please the deities, induced a state of receptivity in the ritual celebrant, or as an aid in chanting. But only the holy men could then play the taiko, either singly or in pairs. ... 安城七夕祭り2009 Street Daiko anjo tanabat...
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often performed by large teams. Along with a number of professional yosakoi schools and town dance teams, yosakoi is also a popular event during the sports festivals held by Japanese elementary, junior, and senior high schools. Yosakoi participants include men and women of almost all ages someti...
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do Tanabata Matsuri, na cidade de Anjo, província de Aichi. 2009. Tanabata (七夕, tanabata?, meaning "Evening of the seventh") is a Japanese star festival, derived from the Chinese star festival, Qi Xi (七夕 "The Night of Sevens"). It celebrates the meeting of Orihime (Vega) and Hikoboshi (Alta...
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odori, or kite dance. This usually involves one brightly dressed, acrobatic dancer, darting backwards and forwards, turning cartwheels and somersaults, with freestyle choreography. In some versions, other male dancers crouch down forming a sinuous line representing the string, and a man at the o...
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odori, or kite dance. This usually involves one brightly dressed, acrobatic dancer, darting backwards and forwards, turning cartwheels and somersaults, with freestyle choreography. In some versions, other male dancers crouch down forming a sinuous line representing the string, and a man at the o...
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during the sports festivals held by Japanese elementary, junior, and senior high schools. Yosakoi participants include men and women of almost all ages sometimes within a single team. In the dialect of Tosa province (modern-day Kōchi Prefecture), "yosakoi" means "Please come at night." The costu...
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") is a Japanese star festival, derived from the Chinese star festival, Qi Xi (七夕 "The Night of Sevens"). It celebrates the meeting of Orihime (Vega) and Hikoboshi (Altair). The Milky Way, a river made from stars that crosses the sky, separates these lovers, and they are allowed to meet only ...
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of a team wear similar costumes. One of the defining aspects of yosakoi dance is the use of naruko: small wooden clappers that are held in the hands of each dancer. Naruko were originally used in Kōchi Prefecture to scare birds away from rice fields. The traditional naruko has black and yellow be...
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