Heavenly Dog Dance - Sweet Dog Dance

...Many children participate in Shinto rituals, and the children who ride on the Nagatoboku floats in the Gion Festival in Kyoto wear katsuko drums on their bellies, a vestige of the children's performing art of beating katsuko drums that was popular in the Middle Ages. Children's dances remain in the folk performing arts of various regions, such as the Hanamatsuri in the mountainous area of ​​Aichi Prefecture and the Amainu Dance at Yahiko Shrine in Niigata Prefecture. [Yamaji Okizo]...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Amenonumai" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…神事に参加する稚児は多く，京都祇園祭の長刀鉾に乗る稚児が腹に羯鼓（かつこ）をつけるのは，中世に流行した羯鼓を打って舞う稚児芸能のなごりである。そのほか愛知県山間部の花祭や新潟県弥彦神社の天犬（あまいぬ）舞など，稚児による舞は各地の民俗芸能に残る。【山路 興造】。…

※「天犬舞」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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