Chindonya - Chindonya

Japanese: チンドン屋 - チンドンや

Advertising and promotion workers who walk around town in flashy clothing while playing musical instruments. They are so named because they are characterized by the use of drums and gongs. Until the early Showa period, they would go around town alone and deliver a speech, and were called Tozaiya (from the first line of the speech) or Hiromeya (from the opening ceremony). Musicians who provided sound effects during the silent film era lost their jobs with the advent of talkies and joined this industry. Today's lineup generally includes a musical instrument chindon that combines gongs and drums, a clarinet or saxophone, drums, and a flag bearer or flyer hander, but there are also many duos. Since 1955, a national chindonya competition has been held every year in Toyama.
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Japanese:

派手な服装で楽器を演奏しながら町中を歩く広告宣伝業者。太鼓と鉦の鳴物が特徴的なのでこう呼ばれる。昭和初期までは一人で町を回り口上を述べ，東西屋（口上の最初の文句から），広目屋（開店披露から）といわれた。無声映画時代に効果音を演奏していた楽士がトーキーの出現により失業し，この業種に参入，合流した。現在の編成は鉦と太鼓を一体化させた楽器チンドン，クラリネットまたはサックス，ドラム，旗持ちまたはビラまきが一般的だが，二人組も多い。1955年より毎年，富山で全国チンドン屋コンクールが開催されている。
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