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"It's so Powerful!" Okinawa's Oldest Lion Dance, with a 500-Year History, Performs a Dynamic Performance on the Fifteenth Night of the Lunar Month in Teiracho, Shuri, Naha City.

Around October 6th, which corresponds to August 15th on the lunar calendar, lion dances were held throughout Naha City on the fifteenth night of the lunar month. Performances took place in six areas of the city: Shuri Teira-cho, Shuri Sueyoshi-cho, Shuri Mabashi-cho, Kamima, Omine, and Aja. The lion dances, which have been passed down since ancient times, performed to pray for bountiful harvests in the communities and to ward off epidemics, capt…
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Around October 6th, which corresponds to August 15th on the lunar calendar, lion dances were held throughout Naha City on the fifteenth night of the lunar month. Performances took place in six areas of the city: Shuri Teira-cho, Shuri Sueyoshi-cho, Shuri Mabashi-cho, Kamima, Omine, and Aja. The lion dances, which have been passed down since ancient times, performed to pray for bountiful harvests in the communities and to ward off epidemics, capt…

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沖縄タイムス+プラス broke the news in on Monday, October 20, 2025.
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