For many people, Bon odori dance festivals are an annual summer tradition ... a local specialty--in the pouring rain. Taking elegant steps and keeping her fingertips aligned together, she danced ...
On that occasion, he taught basic dance steps to about 100 members of a Brazil-based Awa Odori group, Represa-ren. “I still remember how they got it right so quickly, and how they lost ...
UGO, Akita -- The Nishimonai Bon Odori dance, a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage, was recently performed in this northern Japan town, mesmerizing spectators from Japan and abroad. The ritual is ...