Yuu-Kagura
[Genres] | Shintoo |
[Auch bekannt als] | Evening Ceremony when the Sun Goes to Sleep |
Yuu-Kagura spielt auf den folgenden Alben
Album | Künstler | |
Musical Anthology of the Orient, Unesco Collection Vol 5 | ||
"The Sun is ushered to bed", is a rural ceremony, which is performed daily. Two miko, or shrine maidens, dance slowly on both sides of the shrine and shake their small bell-trees or suzu with abrupt movements, always in a direction away from the sanctuary, to ward off evil spirits. A drummer beats alternately the do-naga-daiko and the tsuri-daiko. Only the protective (apotropaeic) maidens' dance and the percussion patterns have ancient traditions; the kagura-bue is a recent addition. Recorded in Miho-jinja, Shimane prefecture, on July 31, 1957 |