Kami-Tsukigi Drum Dance

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Category Name:Furyu (Mortar Drum Dance)

Twelve people - six "kaki" (three on each side) and six "naka" in the middle, carry poles with arrows called "karaimon" on their backs. The poles used to be about 3 meters in length. This was originally a Nembutsu dance performed on August 15th of the lunar calendar as a fifteenth night event. Introduced from the Miyazaki region, It is said to have been performed in the Meiji era.

Municipality

Taragi Town

Category

Furyu (Mortar Drum Dance)

Specific Location

Tsukigi, Taragi Town

Cultural Property Designation

Taragi Town Intangible Folk Cultural Property September 21, 1973

Performance Date(s)

Odaishido Annual Festival (April - May), Tsukigi Sugawara Shrine Annual Festival (around November)

Performance Location

Shimo-Tsukigi Odaishi-dou, Tsukigi Sugawara Shrine

Preservation Society

Kami-Tsukigi Taiko Odori Preservation Society