Chagu Chagu Umakko Explained

is a horse festival in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. Held on the second Saturday in June, approximately one hundred horses with colourful fittings and bells parade depart from Onikoshi Sozen Shrine(ja) in Takizawa to Morioka Hachiman-gū.^[1] The term chagu-chagu is an onomatopoeic expression for the sound made by the horses' bells.^[2] In 1978 the festival was recorded as an Intangible Folk Cultural Property.^[3] In 1996 the sound of the bells of the Chagu Chagu Umakko was selected by the Ministry of the Environment as one of the 100 Soundscapes of Japan.^[4]

See also

• Matsuri
• List of Important Intangible Folk Cultural Properties
• 100 Soundscapes of Japan

External links

Chagu Chagu Umakko

Notes and References

1. Web site: Chagu Chagu Umakko Festival (Takizawa Village; Morioka City) . . 18 April 2011 . 4 December 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171204222920/http://www.japan-iwate.info/app/location_detail.php?lid=51 . dead .
2. Web site: Chagu Chagu Umako Horse Festival . . 18 April 2011.
3. Web site: Database of National Cultural Properties . . 18 April 2011 .
4. Web site: 北海道・東北 - チャグチャグ馬コの鈴の音 . . 18 April 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120608002719/http://www.env.go.jp/air/life/oto/ . 8 June 2012 .