The "Shochogama," a Nationally Designated Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property, Will Be Performed Magnificently Again This Year in Tatsugo Town, Kagoshima Prefecture
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The "Shochogama" and "Hirase Mankai" ceremonies, in which people give thanks to the rice god for the harvest and pray for a bountiful harvest next year, were held on the 19th in the Akina settlement of Tatsugo Town. These are the first Arasetsu (New Festival) events of the eighth month of the lunar calendar. It is said that these ceremonies were started by female Shinto priests (noro) during the time when the Amami Islands were under the rule of…
In Tatsugo Town, one of the few remaining rice paddies on Amami Oshima Island, the traditional "Shochogama" ceremony, a prayer for a bountiful harvest, was held. A Shochogama is a roof made of rice straw. Built on the mountainside overlooking the rice fields, men climb atop it and shake it to the ground, praying for a good harvest next year. The Shochogama ceremony is held annually on the first Hinoe day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar…
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