Kariki - Kariki

Japanese: カリーキ - かりーき
Kariki - Kariki

In Europe, blind people also traveled from town to town, village to village, singing Saint's Day songs or taking supporting roles in the entertainment at festivals and feasts. In Russia, blind or otherwise disabled pilgrims (kaliki) traveled from place to place, stopping at fairs and marketplaces, or in front of monasteries, to ask for alms by singing pilgrim songs based on religious legends or the Apocrypha.
[The Blind Seat]
In 1377, an association of blind people called the Fragila was formed in Padua, Italy, and subsequently blind guilds with organisations similar to trade guilds were established in various European cities.

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… ヨーロッパの盲人も町や村を遍歴して聖人節の祝い歌をうたい,あるいは祭りや饗宴の芸能に脇役を務めた。ロシアでは盲目などの障害をもった遍歴巡礼(カリーキ)が津々浦々を巡り,縁日や定期市の立つ広場あるいは修道院の門前にたたずみ,宗教伝説や聖書外典を主題とする巡礼歌を歌って喜捨を乞うた。
[盲人の座]
 1377年イタリアのパドバにフラギラFragilaと呼ばれる盲人団体が結成され,ついでヨーロッパ諸都市に同職組合に類似した組織をもつ盲人ギルドがつくられた。…

※「カリーキ」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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