KICH Obon

Here is some dancing from the Obon odori held at the Kyoto International Community House. I took part in the dancing, though obviously not while shooting the video. The same song is sung for 90 minutes, with the singers and musicians (on that raised stage) riffing on it Grateful Dead-style. The same simple dance is performed too. There were seven steps: right arm and foot out, left arm and foot out, right arm and leg back, left stomp/step, left foot step with arm swing, right foot sideways step with arm swing, clap, repeat. It was quite hot and the cicadas (semi, in Japanese) were singing along with us.

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• Obon
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