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There are two major types of kagura: mai and odori. Mai consists of slow circular movement, stressing quiet and elegance, while odori consists of quick leaping and jumping, stressing activation and energy. The two types can be understood as two phases of kagura: mai is a preparation process for trance and odori is the unconscious trance stage.
Suzume odori contestants at Aoba matsuri festival with a flutist. There are a wide variety of folk dances in Japan. Folk dances are often the basis from which other dance forms developed. An example of a Japanese folk dance is the sparrow dance (雀踊り, suzume odori), a dance based upon the fluttering movements of the Eurasian tree sparrow. [12]
Akiu no Taue Odori: 2009 00273: Akiu no Taue Odori (秋保の田植踊) is a traditional rice-planting dance in Akiu. Hayachine kagura: 2009 00272: Hayachine kagura (早池峰神楽) is a ritual dance, or kagura, in Shinto ceremonies, which is composed of a series of twelve dances.
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The term is a combination of the characters mai (舞), which can also be pronounced bu, and odori (踊), which can also be pronounced yō. [7] Shōyō intended nihon-buyō to be a term for Furigoto Geki ( 振事劇 ) , a form of dance drama in kabuki plays, but the term has now grown to cover several Japanese dance styles, including the modern ...
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Awa Odori dancers (in Tokushima Prefecture, Shikoku) The Awa Dance Festival (阿波踊り, Awa Odori) is held from 12 to 15 August as part of the Obon festival in Tokushima Prefecture on Shikoku in Japan. Awa Odori is the largest dance festival in Japan, attracting over 1.3 million tourists every year. [1]
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