The origin of the Bon Dance goes back to the religious Nenbutsu Dance, where people danced while repeating the name of Amit\u0101bha Buddha, but it later became a kind of Fury\u016b dance to be practiced at Obon (annual Buddhist event for commemorating one\u2019s ancestors). Most of them are now far from the original Nenbutsu Dance. In Akita, Bon dances often use local music such as Akita Ondo and sometimes incorporate ritualistic dance and music as saisai and sword music. For Bon dances in the area along the Omonogawa River, the Nishimonai Bon Dance for example, music is played with shamisen (a three-stringed traditional Japanese musical instruments) in addition to drums and Japanese flutes. Bon dances in the coastal area are of the Tagujigu-style. The old kind of hand dance is preserved in the Oga area. Finally, Bon dances in the area along the Yoneshiro River are of the simple Dai-no-Saka style, but it is interesting to see that as we go up the river the drums become louder.<\/p>\n
Takanosu Bon Dance<\/a> The origin of the Bon Dance goes back to the religious Nenbutsu Dance, where people danced while repeating the name of Amit\u0101bha Buddha, but it later became a kind of Fury\u016b dance to be practiced at Obon (annual Buddhist event for commemorating one\u2019s ancestors). Most of them are now far from the original Nenbutsu Dance. …<\/p>\n
\nKawakami District Unified Bon Dance<\/a>
\nKemanai Bon Dance<\/a>
\n\u014csawa Community Bon Dance <\/a>
\nNagasaki Bon Dance<\/a>
\nKakumagawa Bon Dance<\/a>
\nTanaka Dance<\/a>
\nSannai-Ainono Bon Dance<\/a>
\nHitoichi Bon Dance<\/a>
\nMotodate Bon Dance<\/a>
\nUra-\u014cmachi Bon Dance<\/a>
\nMasuda Bon Dance<\/a>
\nYunomata Bon Dance<\/a>
\n\u014csawa Bon Dance<\/a>
\nKosaka Bon Dance (Nanataki District)<\/a>
\nNangai Kamasaka Okesa<\/a>
\nYokote Citizens\u2019 Bon Dance<\/a>
\n\u014cgida Bon Dance<\/a>
\nIwasaki Bon Dance<\/a>
\nNishimonai Bon Dance<\/a>
\nMotoki Bon Dance<\/a>
\nJinego Bon Dance<\/a>
\nDaish\u014dji Okesa<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"