Kanfuchi - Kanfuchi

...In the Miyako Islands, there are songs such as Fusa, which praise the gods by telling the story of the descent and birth of the gods and the creation of villages, Tabi, which means worshiping the gods, Pyashi, which also praises the gods, and Niiri, which uses elements of these divine songs to grandiosely describe the feats of ancestor gods. In the Yaeyama Islands, there are songs such as Kanfuchi, in which the gods themselves speak, and Nigaifuchi, in which prayers are offered to the gods. These divine songs played the role of the prototype of Okinawan folk songs, with Umui becoming the womb of Omoro, Niiri becoming the source of Aagu, and Kanfuchi becoming the basis of Ayou and Jiraba.

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…また宮古諸島では，神々の降臨･誕生から村落の創成などを述べたてて神を賛嘆するフサ，神々を崇べる意味のタービ，同じく神々を賛美するピャーシ，さらにそれらの神歌の要素を取りながら祖先神の偉業などを壮大に叙述するニーリなどがある。また八重山諸島では，神自身が述べるカンフチ，神に願いごとを捧げるニガイフチなどがある。これらの神歌は，ウムイがオモロの母胎となり，ニーリがアーグの源流となり，カンフチなどがアヨウ･ジラバなどの基となったように沖縄歌謡の祖型の役割を果たした。…

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