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==Bon Odori==

==Bon Odori==

''Bon odori'' (<font size=3>盆踊り</font> "festival dances") are regional folk dances, closely linked to Buddhist festivals, especially ''obon'' (<font size=3>お盆</font> "the festival of the dead") which honours one's ancestors, as well as local historical events. In many ways the dances, which all differ from region to region, resemble the Western Maypole dances, in that particpants will dance in a circular motion around a central "tower" or "scaffold" (<font size=3>櫓</font> ''yagura'').  

''Bon odori'' (<font size=3>盆踊り</font> "festival dances") are regional folk dances, closely linked to Buddhist festivals, especially ''obon'' (<font size=3>お盆</font> "the festival of the dead") which honours one's ancestors, as well as local historical events. In many ways the dances, which all differ from region to region, resemble the Western Maypole dances, in that participants will dance in a circular motion around a central "tower" or "scaffold" (<font size=3>櫓</font> ''yagura'').  

==Present Day==

==Present Day==

==Bibliography==

==Bibliography==

* Nojima Jusaburō; Kabuki Jōruri Gedai Yomikata Jiten (歌舞伎浄瑠璃外題読み方事典) Reading Encyclopaedia of Kabuki); Nichigai Associates; 1990  

* Nojima Jusaburō; Kabuki Jōruri Gedai Yomikata Jiten (歌舞伎浄瑠璃外題読み方事典) Reading Encyclopaedia of Kabuki; Nichigai Associates; 1990  

* Fu''''kuchi Yoshihiko; Kabuki Nyūmon (歌舞伎入門 An Introduction to Kabuki); Fujingahōsha; 1995  

* Fu''''kuchi Yoshihiko; Kabuki Nyūmon (歌舞伎入門 An Introduction to Kabuki); Fujingahōsha; 1995  

* Zarina, X; Classic Dances of the Orient; Crown; New York; 1967  

* Zarina, X; Classic Dances of the Orient; Crown; New York; 1967