Kiyama Haguma

Category Name:Rites and Festivals (folk belief)

This festival is held every 25 years during the Matsuo Shrine relocation procession, in which five or six groups of four people line up in a row in matching costumes, with the front three people of each group holding a hakeuma (a 10-foot bamboo pole with a bundle of rushes attached at the end).

Municipality

Yamaga City

Category

Rites and Festivals (folk belief)

Specific Location

Matsuo, Kikuka-machi

Cultural Property Designation

Performance Date(s)

once every 25 years (The next festival will be held in March 2031.)

Performance Location

Matsuo Shrine

Preservation Society

Kiyama Haguma Preservation Society