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Tako-mai Shiki Shinji (Sacred Octopus Dance)
蛸舞式神事たこまいしきしんじ
D A T E2026-10-18
An autumn rite held each October at Fukuoka Shrine in Hoki Town, Tottori Prefecture. Parishioners in fundoshi loincloths raise high a straw octopus and dance to kagura music; finally a principal participant clings to a round beam of the shrine hall and is rotated by many others from below. A rite without parallel elsewhere. Designated as a Tottori Prefecturally Designated Intangible Folk Cultural Property.
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- 01Tottori Prefecturally Designated Intangible Folk Cultural Property
- 02Wild dance with a raised straw octopus
- 03The bodily technique of rotating a person clinging to a round beam
- 04Sometimes counted among the candidates for the 'Three Great Strange Festivals of Japan'
- 05An inland octopus rite derived from a maritime myth
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