Okinawa Prefecture・Taketomi Town
Iriomote Island’s Shichisai Festival
Iriomote Island’s festival marking a turning point in the year, welcoming a bountiful harvest from the sea and connecting prayers with performing arts
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Okinawa Prefecture・Taketomi Town
The performing arts of Kohama Island’s Obon, Kigan-sai, and Tanedori-sai
Three festivals carrying on Kohama Island’s songs, dances, and prayers
Okinawa Prefecture・Yonaguni Town
The performing arts of Yonaguni Island’s festivals
Discover songs and dances passed down at the utaki, and the prayers of Yonaguni
Okinawa Prefecture・Ishigaki City
Ishigaki Island’s Four-Village Pūrii (Harvest Festival)
Ishigaki Island’s harvest festival, where the prayers and performances of four villages ring out
Okinawa Prefecture・Taketomi Town
Shichisai Festival in Sonai and Hoshidate, Iriomote Island
A turning-point festival on Iriomote Island, inviting good fortune from the sea and enlivened by diverse performing arts
Okinawa Prefecture・Miyakojima City
Miyako's Paantu
A traditional ritual in which masked visiting deities covered in mud cleanse settlements on Miyako Island
Okinawa Prefecture・Tarama Village
Sutsuupunaka
Sacred songs and prayers for a bountiful harvest echo across the four ritual sites
Okinawa Prefecture・Motobu Town
Sesoko’s Ufuyumi Shinugui
A religious ritual of prayer and daily life, passed down on Sesoko Island
Okinawa Prefecture・Naha City
Jibāree of aza Omine
Carrying memories of home on the oars: Omine's Barī, passed down on land