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盆踊り
bon odori
Description
盆踊りは、夏のお盆の時に、みんなで音楽に合わせておどる日本の伝統的なおどりです。
盆踊り is a traditional Japanese dance performed together to music during the summer Obon festival.
広場のまん中にやぐらを立てて、その周りをぐるぐる回りながらおどります。
A yagura is set up in the center of the square, and people dance around it in circles.
Meanings
盆踊りbon odori
traditional summer group dance held during the Obon festival
今夜、近くの公園で盆踊りがあります。
There will be a Bon dance at the nearby park tonight.
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Notes
- Etymology
盆 (Obon festival) + 踊り (dance); a dance performed to welcome and send off ancestors' spirits.
- Nuance
strongly tied to summer festivals; people often wear yukata and dance in a circle around a yagura.
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