Numakuma Dance - Numakuma Dance

Japanese: 沼隈踊 - ぬまくまおどり
Numakuma Dance - Numakuma Dance
A type of drum dance handed down in the Numakuma Peninsula in southeastern Hiroshima Prefecture. It is also called Hane Odori. It is danced at shrine festivals and village celebrations. It is said that it was also danced to send off insects and pray for rain in the past. The dancers parade into the dance area on a journey, hold flower sticks and flower fans, and dance heroically in a circle to the beat of drums and gongs.

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Japanese:
広島県南東部,沼隈半島に伝承されている太鼓踊の一種。はね踊りともいう。神社の祭礼や村の慶事に踊られる。かつては虫送り,雨ごいなどにも踊ったという。道行で踊り場に練り込み,花棒,花うちわを持ち,太鼓,鉦 (かね) の拍子に合わせて輪になって勇壮に踊る。

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