Aomori Nebuta Matsuri (2008 August 5th)

The Aomori Nebuta Matsuri (青森ねぶた祭り) is a Japanese summer festival that takes place in Aomori, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. The festival attracts the most tourists of any of the country's nebuta festivals, and is counted among the three largest festivals in the Tōhoku region. It was decreed an important part of the country's folk culture in 1980.

"Nebuta" refers to the float of a brave warrior-figure which is carried through the center of the city, while dancers wearing a unique type of costume called haneto (ハネト) prance around in time with the chant Rasserā (ラッセラー). In the local dialect, participation in the festival is inquired using the adjective haneru (ハネル, ex. "今日もハネル?" or "Are you going to haneru today?"), which was derived from the Japanese spelling of the haneto costume and the adjective haneru (跳ねる ="bounce").

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• aomori
• nebuta
• matsuri
• festival

[sugar92]

i love the movement you made from 3:20, just like a pro director!

thank you so much!