Hanyamai - Hanyamai

Japanese: はんや舞 - はんやまい

A folk art form. It is also written as Hanyamai. It is also called "Hanyamai Furyu". It is performed at the festival on September 18th at Aso Shrine in Hoshino Village, Yame County, Fukuoka Prefecture. First, two young men in kimono appear on the platform in front of the shrine to lead the dance. Next, Shinbo (a new leader) invites the Furyu group, and a white bear wearing a red bear costume and carrying a sword on his back dances heroically with a katsuko (a young boy called muraji) and a kane (a young boy called chinkan) playing musical instruments. After that, about 20 young men in kimono holding fans dance gently facing each other in two lines.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

民俗芸能。反哉舞とも書く。〈はんや舞風流（ふりゆう）〉ともいう。福岡県八女（やめ）郡星野村麻生神社の9月18日の祭りに演じられる。まず社前の土壇の上に音頭をとる若者2人が裃姿で現れる。次にしんぼう(新発意)が風流の一団をさし招くと，赭熊（しやぐま）をかぶり太刀を背負った白熊（はぐま）が羯鼓（かつこ）(むらじと呼ぶ稚児)，鉦（かね）(ちんかんと呼ぶ稚児)たちと楽器を打ちながら勇壮に踊る。その後，裃姿で扇を手にした若者20人ほどが2列に向かい合ってゆるやかに舞う。

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