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  2. Music of Java - Wikipedia

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    The Music of Java embraces a wide variety of styles, both traditional and contemporary, reflecting the diversity of the island and its lengthy history.Apart from traditional forms that maintain connections to musical styles many centuries old, there are also many unique styles and conventions which combine elements from many other regional influences, including those of neighbouring Asian ...

  3. Shinto music - Wikipedia

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    The repertoire includes eight forms that may be traced back to the eighth century: kagura-uta (kagura songs), azuma asobi (eastern entertainment), kume-uta (palace guard songs) ō-uta (big songs), onaibi-uta (night duty songs), ruika (funeral songs), ta-uta (field songs), and yamato-uta (Yamato songs).

  4. Okinawan music - Wikipedia

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    Okinawa's folk songs are generally accompanied by one (or more) sanshin. The suffixes -ondo and -bushi (both meaning "song" or "melody") may also be attached to the title of folk songs, however songs named without these clarifiers are more common. [citation needed] Eisā and kachāshī are Okinawan dances with specific music styles that ...

  5. Traditional Japanese music - Wikipedia

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    Musicians and dancer, Muromachi period Traditional Japanese music is the folk or traditional music of Japan. Japan's Ministry of Education classifies hōgaku (邦楽, lit. ' Japanese music ') as a category separate from other traditional forms of music, such as gagaku (court music) or shōmyō (Buddhist chanting), but most ethnomusicologists view hōgaku, in a broad sense, as the form from ...

  6. 75 of the Most Common Japanese Last Names and Their Meanings

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    We have a list of the 75 most common Japanese surnames for you to read and learn! Related: If These 150 Popular Japanese Baby Names for Boys & Girls Aren't On Your Baby Naming List, They Should Be!

  7. Lists of songs - Wikipedia

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    These are lists of songs.In music, a song is a musical composition for a voice or voices, performed by singing or alongside musical instruments. A choral or vocal song may be accompanied by musical instruments, or it may be unaccompanied, as in the case of a cappella songs.

  8. Music of Japan - Wikipedia

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    The typical folk song heard at Obon festival dances is typically an ondo. A bushi ("melody" or "rhythm") is a song with a distinctive melody. The word is rarely used on its own, but is usually prefixed by a term referring to occupation, location, personal name or the like. Bon uta are songs for Obon, the lantern festival of the dead.

  9. 200 Japanese Dog Names Steeped in Tradition and Culture - AOL

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    Name. Meaning. Taiyaki. Fish-shaped pastry stuffed with red bean paste or custard. Senbei. Round Japanese rice cracker. Futomaki. A thick sushi stuffed with various fillings, literally "fat sushi ...