Hanagasa is a 3-day festival in Yamagata-Ken Japan very year during th begining of August. The Hanagasa dance is a celebration for a good harvest of rice in the coming fall. Different dance troops attend Hanagasa and many bring their own variations of the dance with them. In 2009 over 3,000 people participated in the Hanagasa parade.
[footage from Friday, August 7th]
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