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Hachinohe Enburi -The Festival to Beckon Spring-

TRAVEL 2017 30 mins Episode(s): 1 english Japanese
[Festivals of Japan Season 1]

The Hachinohe Enburi is a traditional festival that takes place in the southern region of Aomori Prefecture. It's held to bring forth good harvests and to welcome the coming of spring. Dancers called tayu wear headdresses made in the shape of horse heads and shake their heads wildly while expressing the acts of planting and cultivating rice. This episode describes this 800-year-old festival and the people who cherish, cultivate, and pass it down.

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Part of "Festivals of Japan Season 1".

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