Feel the beat, with the 太鼓祭り, Drum Festival!
It is one of those traditional events held during the Obon Festival ( Ghost Festival ) last week, but don't get me wrong, this is not practised countrywide. Japan has probably countless festivals celebrated at different prefectures, and not necessarily common.
Catch the array of drums, huge ones and small across the stage, a good 500 of them, with kiddy, elderly and in-betweens enthusiastic drummers!
Know what I mean that the stage was h..huge, my lens couldn't cover the entire stage though we were a good distance away from it!
Break the silence of the night... Let the festival begin! Hear the drums from over 2 kilometers away!
Feel the earth move under your feet! These guys set your heart racing and goose bumping!
They shall show you their vigour with their deafening blows! They'll prove that traditional Japanese tunes can sound so unbelievably contemporary!
Give it up for the ardent mass! These are no professionals but mere residents of the neighbourhood who trained hard over months for this festival!
Get skimpy in the summer heat!
Get skimpy and high! Spot the unbashful in red underwear pictured below!
Get rowdy! Spit fire!! More smoke! It's Summer!
I admire these people who stay devoted to their tradition over years. The thousands of spectators roared with performers on stage to make it a big night for Summer.
I wish I could send the rhythmic drums through the post but I can only afford some poorly lit pictures, we were really too far away from the stage. Nevertheless, I wish I've sent some festive delight your way!
YooHoo! Have an upbeat week ahead!! =D
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5 comments:
wow, looks so interesting! You captured the moments well. :-)
こんばんわ、スターダストさん
太鼓祭りは、とっても、多くの太鼓が参加してますね。
みているだけで、雄大な音のファンタジーを、
感じる事が出来ます。
バチさばきや、太鼓の叩く場所によって、
音色や、リズム、他の太鼓との、掛け合いなど、
盆のシーズンならではの、楽しみです。
すてきな、祭りを見学されて、うらやましいわ。：）
のんびりと、オリンピックを、ひたすら見ながら、
夏バテをしている、ume tyanでした。
from loved ume tyan
Ooh! I can feel the pulsating beat of the drums! Thanks for sharing your awesome pictures!
Beautiful pictures, awsome !
BTW yester by mistake I wrote the comment from my other blog:) sorry !
actually I have two grown up married children, and i have seen life in all its colors good and bad:)
I would love to know what are main social issues you people face in japan?
Piggy, looks interesting... the skimpy ones? ;P
梅子さん、夏限定のお祭りはお見逃しなく！ハハハハハ！！！！
BP, thank you!!
Hi Renu, thanks for sharing your view and insight with me. =)
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