Wakubata woolen banner event of Kumakabuto Hatsuka Festival
March 19, 2014This festival is the grand festival of Kumakabutoarakashihiko Shrine (Kumakabuto Shrine) and is called ‘Hatsuka Festival’ because it is held on September 20th every year.
The portable shrines from nineteen subordinate shrines in each community within the town come into the main shrine, with the chanting calls of ‘iyasakasaa’ and the lively sound of gong and drum through the guidance of Sarutahiko (Shinto god). These are accompanied by roughly twenty meter high, deep red colored wakubata woolen banners and tools.
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