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  2. Obon - Wikipedia

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    Obon or just Bon is a fusion of the ancient Japanese belief in ancestral spirits and a Japanese Buddhist custom to honor the spirits of one's ancestors.This Buddhist custom has evolved into a family reunion holiday during which people return to ancestral family places and visit and clean their ancestors' graves when the spirits of ancestors are supposed to revisit the household altars.

  3. Japanese traditional dance - Wikipedia

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    Video of dancers in a bon odori festival in Adachi-ku, Tokyo. Bon odori is a type of folk dance performed during the Obon Festival. [13] [14] [15] It was originally a dance to welcome the spirits of the dead. These dances and the music that accompanies them are different for every region of Japan. Usually, the bon dance involves people dancing ...

  4. Awa Dance Festival - Wikipedia

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    The Awa Odori festival grew out of the tradition of the Bon Odori which is danced as part of the Bon "Festival of the Dead", a Japanese Buddhist celebration where the spirits of deceased ancestors are said to visit their living relatives for a few days of the year. The term "Awa Odori" was not used until the 20th century, but Bon festivities in ...

  5. Odori - Wikipedia

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    Odori can also refer to Bon Odori , meaning simply "Bon dance" is an event held during Bon Festival, the Japanese Buddhist holiday to honor the departed spirits of one's ancestors. Awa Odori , a traditional Japanese dance from Tokushima also a feature of the Koenji Awa Odori festival in Koenji , Suginami , Tokyo which takes place on the last ...

  6. Glossary of Japanese theater - Wikipedia

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    Bon Odori Traditional festival dances (盆踊り) performed during Obon to welcome ancestral spirits. Dating back 600 years, these dances vary by region, each area having its own distinctive music and movements. Originally Nenbutsu folk dances, they now encompass various local styles, from Hokkaido's "Sōran Bushi" to Kagoshima's "Ohara Bushi".

  7. Kawachi ondo - Wikipedia

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    Bon odori singer: the characters on his happi coat read Gōshū Ondo and Kawachi Ondo.. Kawachi Ondo (河内音頭) is a kind of Japanese folk song that originates from Yao City in the old Kawachi region of Japan, now part of modern-day Osaka Prefecture.

  8. Shan-shan festival - Wikipedia

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    The Bon-odori, a Japanese dance which is part of the Obon Festival, is widely enjoyed by the people in Tottori during the summer. There are various bon-dances throughout Japan, and the dances in Tottori can be categorized as Kasa-odori (a dance with a paper umbrellas) and te-odori (hand dance).

  9. Gujō Odori - Wikipedia

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    Gujō Odori (郡上おどり) is a Bon Festival held every summer in Gujō, Gifu, Japan.The dance festival's origins have been traced back to the Kan'ei era (1624–44), when it is believed to have originated as an exercise in social cohesion; it has been designated an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property.