青森ねぶた祭りの前々夜祭とも言える一般道でのお披露目に遭遇しました。
この動画は山車が運行されている一部分です。
“Aomori Nebuta Matsuri” = “Nebuta Festival in Aomori city”.
This video is a rehearsal for the Nebuta Festival 2012.
The festival is held from Aug. 2 to Aug. 7.
Recognized as one of Japan’s Three Big Fire Festivals, the Aomori Nebuta Festival is renowned internationally and is designated as a significant intangible folk cultural asset of Japan.
During the festival, more than twenty large nebutas — large lantern floats decorated with human figures — are wheeled along the parade route in the city of Aomori. Ahead of each float, Nebuta dancers called haneto dance wildly to the hayashi music of the Nebuta Festival,making the summer night festival lively and exciting. The fantastic view of lantern-lit floats and the dancers’ shouts of “rasse rasse” are overwhelming. It certainly is a genuine fire festival of Japan.
The Aomori Nebuta Festival attracts as many as 3 million tourists a year.
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AloJapan.com