festival held in Kitakami, Iwate, Japan, where Devils Sword (鬼剣舞), Deer (鹿踊), Tiger and other traditional dances of Michinoku, Japan's northeast region
important part of the culture of Guatemala. Manattam in Tamil Nadu Deer dance (鹿踊, shishi-odori [ja]) is widely practised in Japan, particularly in Northeastern
characters can mean beast, deer or wild boar, for example as in shishi-odori (鹿踊, lit. Deer Dance). Historically the word shishi may refer to any wild four-legged
Festival (盆 bon) mukaebi (迎火) – bonfires welcoming the ancestorsand bon odori (盆踊). The traditional date of Tanabata is 7th day of the 7th month of the Japanese