Ground pounding song - Ground pounding song

Japanese: 地搗歌 - じつきうた

A Japanese folk song. It is also called a dotsuki-uta (earth pounding song) or a dotsuki-uta (doutsuki song). It is a type of labor song or celebration song, and is sung during the pounding work to solidify the foundation when building a house. In addition to solidifying the ground, the work also has a religious aspect of pounding powerful spiritual power into the soil, which is reflected in the movements of the pounding and the lyrics. It also sings about the joy of building a house, but the nature of a celebration song can be seen in the lyrics of the Fukushima Prefecture Soma Dotsuki-uta (earth pounding song), for example, which goes, "This is the important pillar of the family, I'm counting on you all."

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

日本の民謡。土搗歌（どつきうた），胴突歌ともいう。労作歌，祝歌（いわいうた）の一種で，家の建築の際などに土台を固めるための地搗き作業に歌われる。地搗き作業は地盤を固める目的のほかに，強力な霊力を土中に搗き込める信仰的な色彩があり，それは地搗きの動作や歌詞の中に残っている。また家を建てるめでたさを歌うが，たとえば福島県《相馬土搗唄》の〈ここは大事な大黒柱　頼みますぞえ皆様に〉の歌詞などに祝歌の性格がうかがえる。

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