Kanko Dance - Kanko Dance

Japanese: カンコ踊 - かんこおどり

Also written as katsuko-odori. A type of elegant drum dance. Found in Mie, Ishikawa, and Fukui prefectures, it is danced to the sound of katsuko (a taiko drum commonly known as kanko) hanging from the chest during Bon and Jizo-bon festivals, and to pray for disasters and rain. In the Middle Ages, a performing art in which young boys danced while beating katsuko attached to their chests with a stick became popular. The name is thought to be due to the similarity of form, but the form of the art is different, and a group of young people carrying beautiful himorogi (a sacred tree) on their backs dance to the accompaniment of short songs that retain the old style of the early modern period or earlier.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

羯鼓踊とも書く。風流（ふりゆう）の太鼓踊の一つ。三重，石川，福井県に分布し，盆や地蔵盆，災厄退散･雨乞の祈願などに，胸に吊り下げた羯鼓（かつこ）(カンコと通称する締太鼓)を打ち鳴らして踊る。中世には稚児が胸につけた羯鼓を桴（ばち）で打ちながら舞う芸能が流行。その形態の類似による名称とも思われるが，芸態は異なり，美しい神籬（ひもろぎ）などを背負った若者の集団が，近世またはそれ以前の古風をとどめる小歌の伴奏に合わせて踊る。

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