Usdek - Usdek

Japanese: ウスデーク - うすでーく
Usdek - Usdek

... Throughout the region, village plays are popular as entertainment at festivals, with each village putting on elaborate kyogen and kumiodori performances, with dances unique to the village being shown in between. Meanwhile, on the island of Okinawa, there is a group dance for women called usudeku. It is an elegant dance accompanied by Ryuka-style songs, and can be said to be a dance version of the shrine maiden's play. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Usdek" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… 全域的には祭りの余興に村芝居を演じるのが盛んで,村ごとに演出を凝らした狂言や組踊を上演し,あいだに村独特の踊りを披露する。一方,島ごとでは,沖縄島にウスデークとよぶ女性の集団舞踊がある。琉歌調の歌につれて優雅に踊るもので,巫女の遊の舞踊化ともいえる。…

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