Omura’s Okita Odori
Omura’s traditional performing art, with long swords and short swords dancing in two concentric circles
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Omura’s traditional performing art, with long swords and short swords dancing in two concentric circles
Surrounded by the mai-daiko, an old celebratory dance from Suko Town lives on
Tsushima Izuhara Bon Odori: lines of dancers and traditional props
The Bon season in Mitsushima, carried on through dances in two lines and lively music
The old Bon Festival traditions of Nomo, brought together through dance and shipboard rituals
A Bon dance in Ueyanagi, Yatsushiro, passed down through song and circles
Kodai Odori of Kureko: feathered hats and the resonance of Buddhist chants
Giant Yagoro-don figures and autumn festival processions in southern Kyushu
A prayer dance quietly passed down, wishing to ward off epidemics