Kuicha - Kuicha

Japanese: クイチャー - くいちゃー
Kuicha - Kuicha

...However, what they all have in common is that they function as incantations that connect people with the gods. (2) Narrative Literature Examples include the Amami Nagareuta, Hachigatsu Odorika, and Yungutu, the Okinawan Quena, Umui, and Omoro, the Miyako Nagaagu, Kuichaagu, and the Yaeyama Ayo, Jiraba, Yunta, and Yungutu. Narrative literature, too, has often become difficult to distinguish according to its name over the course of historical change.

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ただそれらのすべてに共通することは,人と神との間をむすぶ呪詞としての機能をもっていることである。(2)叙事文学 奄美のナガレ歌,八月踊歌,ユングトゥ,沖縄のクェーナ,ウムイ,オモロ,宮古の長アーグ,クイチャーアーグ,八重山のアヨー,ジラバ,ユンタ,ユングトゥなどがある。叙事文学もまた,歴史的変遷の中で呼称に応じた区別をしにくくなったものが多い。…

※「クイチャー」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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