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folklifejapan · 4 years
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Hanamatsuri festival at Nakashitara, Aichi Pref, Japan 中設楽の花祭り、なう。
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folklifejapan · 4 years
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Hanamatsuri festival at Nakashitara in Aichi Pref,Japan
中設楽の花祭り 2019年12月8日
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My camere does not work well. I must repair it. This is the only photo that I can post here (T_T)
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folklifejapan · 6 years
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Hanamatsuri at Nakashitara 2018
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The audience have a roll,too
In this festival we can see a Sakaki-oni striking the audience with a tree in his hands(see 3rd photo). The another name of Hanamatsuri is 'Akutai Matsuri 悪態祭り' .That is, 'Festival of speaking ill of dancers' . In Shitara area, Aichi pref, from November to January many villages have  Hanamatsuri festival. They hold those festivals one after another. So they have a chance to visit other village's Hanamatsuri . At that time visitors used to be incisive reviewers. They criticised dancers loudly.   Today's Japanese people may think of this behavior as rude. But in old days people took it for granted. Orikuchi Shinobu, one of a founder of Japanese folk study, said those visitors from outer village had their own role, a role as evil spirits. Our ancestors believed evil spirits always try to get out from under ground and harm our lives. So very strong god to defeat them was needed. It was Sakaki-oni. In Hanamatsuri noisy visitors had a role to express those evil spirits. In this way, in the festival site people were able to see the fight between god and evil spirits. I think what I saw at Hanamatsuri in Nakashitara can be explained by the same logic. God fights against evil spirits with a tree in his hands.
花祭りは、一名を「悪態祭り」と言います。花祭りは11月から翌1月にかけて各集落で行われるのですが、そのため、自分たちの村以外のところの花祭りを見に行くことも、ごく一般的に行われていました。そして、そういった外来の観衆は、辛口の論評を、舞っている者に投げつけたのです。ただ、このような悪態は無礼な行いとはされていなかったようです。折口信夫によると、そのような観客も、役割を持った演者として祭りに組み込まれていたのだといいます。地の底には悪霊がおり、人の世を犯そうと常に企てていた。それを退治するのが榊鬼です。今目の前で悪態をついている他集落のお客は悪霊で、それを退治するドラマが、祭りの場で演ぜられるわけです。
中設楽の花祭りでは、榊鬼が榊の木を手にもって観客を打つという場面があります。これはほかの花祭りでは見られない演出ですが、「悪霊を退治する榊鬼」という図式の中で考えることができるように思います。
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