Hondo Baba Hachiman-gu Shrine Kagura

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Category Name:Kagura

This festival started as an offering for a good harvest in autumn. It originally consisted of a sword dance (two boys) and a Urayasu dance (bell and sakaki) (two girls), but now only the sword and sakaki dances remain, and the sakaki dance is also performed by boys. It is performed during the annual festival of Hondo Baba Hachimangu Shrine.

Municipality

Amakusa City

Category

Kagura

Specific Location

Honto-Baba, Hondo-machi

Cultural Property Designation

Performance Date(s)

the 3rd Sunday in October

Performance Location

Hondo Baba Hachimangu Shrine

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