Dance music - Odoribayashi

...It seems to be related to the words "hayasu" (to grow) and "fuyasu" (to multiply), but in festivals around the country, it developed as music to accompany the welcoming of the gods and the acts of divine possession at festival sites, and as music for the procession of the divine spirits. In the former, it became various kagura music such as Torimonokagura, Yutatekagura, and Shishikagura, while in the latter, it evolved into road music such as Matsubayashi and Sagimai, in which a group of people in beautiful costumes parade along the road to lively music, and yatai-bayashi such as Gionbayashi, in which instruments are placed on floats and floats and are paraded along the road while playing them. In addition, it was passed down as dance music to be played at songs and dances and Bon dances at festival sites, and as bayashida, which is used to accompany the work of rice planting with flutes and drums. Furthermore, many of the musical accompaniment sung in local festival songs and folk songs also contain curse-like content.

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…生（は）やす，殖（ふ）やすなどの語との関連が思われるが，各地の祭りでは，祭場での神迎え･神がかりのわざの伴奏や，神霊の渡御に奏する道行の囃子として発達し，前者では採物神楽（とりものかぐら），湯立神楽，獅子神楽などさまざまの神楽囃子となり，後者では美々しい装束の集団がにぎやかな囃子で道を練る松囃子や鷺舞（さぎまい）などの道中囃子や，山車（だし），屋台に楽器をのせて，それを奏しながら道を練る祇園囃子などの屋台囃子などに分化した。またほかに，祭場での歌舞や盆踊に演奏する踊り囃子や，田植の作業を笛･太鼓などではやしたてる囃子田などが伝えられた。なお，各地の祭り歌や民謡につく囃子詞も呪的内容を秘めたものが多い。…

※「踊り囃子」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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