Yeah, basically a fancy sword waving show.
Here's a video:
We wrote about the Rei Taisai at Nakamura Hachimangu in Moka here:
- Same day review of the festival
- Daidai Kagura (spiritual shinto performance)
- History of Nakamura shrine
- Daidai Kagura (spiritual shinto performance)
- Batto embu taikai (sword performance)
- A little bit about Moka City
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3 comments:
I hope everyone survived!
Steffe, they did, but just barely. There was one older guy, his hands were shaking so badly, he couldn't hold the katana anymore. It was sad to watch. And dangerous too!
The outfits are beautiful!
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