Akiu no Taue Odori explained

is a traditional rice-planting dance in Akiu, now part of Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Performed since the seventeenth century, ten female dancers accompanied by two or four males enact a repertoire of six to ten dances to the sound of flute, drums and bells.^[1] In 1970 measures were taken to document the dance and in 1976 it was designated an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property.^{[2] [3]} In 2009 Akiu no taue odori was inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.^[4]

See also

• Japanese traditional dance
• Traditional Japanese music
• List of Important Intangible Folk Cultural Properties
• Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
• Matsuri

External links

• UNESCO documentation

Notes and References

1. Web site: Akiu no taue odori . . 2 May 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110928140004/http://www.city.sendai.jp/kyouiku/bunkazai/database/k0000000018.html . 28 September 2011 .
2. Web site: Database of Registered National Cultural Properties . https://archive.today/20120722230754/https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/312/204 . dead . 22 July 2012 . . 2 May 2011 .
3. Web site: Database of Registered National Cultural Properties . https://archive.today/20120723024942/https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/302/13 . dead . 23 July 2012 . . 2 May 2011 .
4. Web site: Akiu no Taue Odori . . 2 May 2011.