Hanagasa Festival
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The Hanagasa Festival is a vibrant summer dance festival in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, featuring large parades of dancers wearing flower-adorned hats and performing to traditional folk music.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dance festival
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festival ⓘ |
| activity |
dance parade
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street procession ⓘ |
| approximateAttendance | over 1 million visitors ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Yamagata safflower cultivation
ⓘ
regional tourism promotion ⓘ |
| audience |
domestic tourists
ⓘ
international tourists ⓘ local residents ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Japanese matsuri tradition ⓘ |
| danceType | Hanagasa dance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dressCode |
happi coats
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yukata ⓘ |
| duration | three days ⓘ |
| economicImpact | boosts local hospitality industry ⓘ |
| feature |
colorful costumes
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flower-adorned hats ⓘ lantern-lit evening parades ⓘ large parades of dancers ⓘ synchronized group dancing ⓘ taiko drumming ⓘ traditional folk music ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| hatType | straw hat decorated with artificial flowers ⓘ |
| language | Japanese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Tohoku region
NERFINISHED
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Yamagata Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCity | Yamagata City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicType |
Hanagasa Ondo
NERFINISHED
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Japanese folk music ⓘ |
| notableElement |
call-and-response chants
ⓘ
mass line-dancing formations ⓘ |
| organizer |
Yamagata City festival committee
NERFINISHED
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Yamagata Prefecture tourism bodies ⓘ |
| paradeRoute | central Yamagata City streets ⓘ |
| purpose |
celebration of local culture
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regional identity expression ⓘ tourism attraction ⓘ |
| region | northern Japan ⓘ |
| safetyMeasure | traffic control on main streets ⓘ |
| season | summer ⓘ |
| startYear | 1963 ⓘ |
| symbol |
hanagasa hat
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
red safflower motif ⓘ |
| typicalMonth | August ⓘ |
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