Core Kyoto Season 4 Episode 19 Yase Shamenchi Odori: A Dance of Gratitude 2016
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Boys dressed as maidens walk the streets at night wearing lanterns adorned with intricate, cut-paper designs on their heads. Girls perform a votive dance. This intriguing festival held in Yase, located at the foot of Mt. Hiei in Kyoto's northeast, dates back some 300 years when a Senior Councilor in the shogunate sided with the people of Yase in a land dispute, which occurred nearby. Discover the residents' enduring gratitude as they prepare to fete the Councilor, now revered as a deity.
- Released: 2016-11-17
- Runtime: 28 minutes
- Genre: Documentary
- Stars: Gary Tegler
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- Source: CWR-CRB
