Release of the Ocean - Oomi no Houka

Japanese: 大海の放下 - おおみのほうか

Folk performing art. A type of Furyuu dance, the Nembutsu dance is performed during the Bon festival in Ohmi, Shinshiro, Aichi Prefecture. On the nights of August 14th and 15th, three dancers carrying large fans on their backs, shimedaiko drums on their chests, and one person carrying a bamboo pole take the lead, and in a procession accompanied by flutes, gongs, and ondo musicians, they go around the grounds of temples and shrines and houses celebrating the first Bon festival, dancing valiantly while chanting Nembutsu. The dance includes a Hoga song, which is said to mean a Buddhist chant, but is also said to have been brought in by the Hoga monks. [Takahashi Hideo]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

民俗芸能。風流（ふりゆう）踊の一種である念仏踊で，愛知県新城市大海で盆に踊られる。8月14,15日の両夜，大きなうちわを背に負い，胸に締太鼓をつけた3人の踊手とササラ竹を背負った者1人が中心となり，笛･鉦（かね）･音頭のはやしと行列を組んで寺社の境内や新盆の家々をめぐり，念仏を唱えながら勇壮に踊る。踊りの中に放下歌があり，法歌の意ともいわれるが，放下僧によって持ちこまれたともいわれている。【高橋秀雄】

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