Kamimue Dance - Kanko Dance

Japanese: 神迎踊 - かんこおどり

...The name seems to be based on the similarity of form, but the form of the art is different, with a group of young people carrying beautiful sacred trees on their backs dancing to the accompaniment of short songs that retain the style of the early modern period or earlier. The dance performed at the Hakusan Festival (July 17th and 18th) in Shiramine Village, Ishikawa County, Ishikawa Prefecture, is also written as "Kamimukae Odori." [Yamaji Kozo]...

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "Kamimukae Dance" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…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。石川県石川郡白峰（しらみね）村の白山祭(7月17･18日)に行われるものは〈神迎踊〉とも書く。【山路興造】。…

※「神迎踊」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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