The fantastic Awa Odori dance in Tokushima city 2016
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August 18, 2016 - The fantastic Awa Odori dance in Tokushima city 2016
The Awa Dance Festival (阿波踊り)
Awa Odori is held from 12 to 15 August as part of the Obon festival in Tokushima Prefecture on Shikoku in Japan. Awa Odori is the largest dance festival in Japan. Awa is the oldest name of Tokushima and Odori means dance when it combined two words together which means Dance of Tokushima.
What should I wear during Awa Odori dance festival?
This is a sarong or Awa odori traditional uniform. There are many types of Awa odori uniform for each groups. I involved in ARASOWAREN GROUP( あらそわれん).
ARASOWAREN is an organization that organizing the awa odori dance for foreigner.
This is towel use for knotting our head for absorbed sweat
Belt use for knotting our waist
This is called Kane ( Japanese traditional musical instruments)
Kane is a type of dish-shaped bell from Japan.
This musical instrument is called drum or Taiko drum in Japanese.
Men and women dance in different styles. For the men’s dance: right foot and right arm forward, touch the ground with toes, then step with right foot crossing over left leg. This is then repeated with the left leg and arm. Whilst doing this, the hands draw triangles in the air with a flick of the wrists, starting at different points. Men dance in a low crouch with knees pointing outwards and arms held above the shoulders.
The women's dance uses the same basic steps, although the posture is quite different. The confining kimono allows only the smallest of steps forward but a crisp kick behind, and the hand gestures are more restrained and graceful, reaching up towards the sky. Women usually dance in tight formation.
I really enjoyed awa odori dance and met new friends who coming from different countries.
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