Komaodori - Komaodori

Japanese: 駒踊 - こまおどり

This dance is performed with a horse with a head and tail attached to the front and back of an oval bamboo ring at the waist, and a person riding the horse. It has been passed down in Hokkaido and the Tohoku region, and there are different forms in each region. The Shiranuka Koma Dance of Shiranuka Town, Hokkaido, is said to have been created in the Taisho era based on the Nanbu Koma Dance of Aomori Prefecture, and depicts a young horse leaving the stable and leaving the pasture to spend a day having fun, and is performed at various times throughout the year. The Nanbu Koma Dance, which is passed down in Towada City, Hachinohe City, and Kuraishi, Gonohe Town, in the former Nanbu Domain territory of Aomori Prefecture, depicts the Nomaoi, where wild horses are chased and captured, and is danced at the annual festivals of each shrine. The Takizawa Koma Dance of Takizawa City, Iwate Prefecture, which was also in the former Nanbu Domain territory, is also said to have started as a dance representing Nomaoi. In Noshiro City and Kitaakita City in Akita Prefecture, it is also danced during the Bon Festival together with lion dances and slave dances, and many dancers dressed as warriors perform vigorous jumping. Another dance performed with horses attached to the waist, similar to Komaodori, is Harukoma, a traditional Japanese dance performed on the streets during the New Year and Little New Year, and is performed as a door-to-door entertainment event during the New Year and Little New Year. The Harukoma dances of Aikawa, Sado City, Niigata Prefecture, and Ichinose Takahashi, Koshu City, Yamanashi Prefecture, are well known. In addition, dances with similar costumes are performed in horse dances such as Juriuma, which is performed on the 20th day of the lunar New Year in Okinawa Prefecture, and in festivals in East Asia and Southeast Asia, including China, and carnivals in various parts of Europe.

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Japanese:

楕円形のタケの輪の前後に首と尾をつけたウマを腰の位置に着け，人がウマに乗った姿をとりながら行なわれる踊り。北海道や東北地方に伝わり，各地それぞれの形がある。北海道白糠町の白糠駒踊は青森県の南部駒踊をもとに大正時代につくられたとされ，若駒が厩舎から牧場に出て一日楽しく過ごす様子を演じるもので，年間随時行なわれている。青森県の旧南部藩領の十和田市や八戸市，五戸町倉石などに伝わる南部駒踊は，野馬を追いつめて捕獲する野馬追の様子を演じるもので，それぞれの神社の例祭で踊られる。旧南部藩領の岩手県滝沢市の滝沢駒踊りも，同様に野馬追を表す踊りとして始まったと伝わる。また，秋田県の能代市や北秋田市などでは獅子舞や奴踊などといっしょに盆に踊られるところもあり，武者姿で激しい跳躍を伴って踊るものも多い。駒踊と同様に腰にウマを着けて行なわれる踊りに，正月や小正月の門付芸としての春駒があり，新潟県佐渡市相川や山梨県甲州市一之瀬高橋の春駒がよく知られている。そのほか，沖縄県で旧正月20日に行なわれるジュリ馬などの馬舞や，日本以外にも，中国をはじめとする東アジアや東南アジアの祭り，ヨーロッパ各地のカーニバルなどにも同様の姿での踊りが登場する。

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