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September 29th, 2006 at 6:00 am

Nebuta Matsuri videos

» by David Weber in: Art, Cool!, Japan, Matsuri, Only In Japan

Here are some videos of the Uchiwa Matsuri that I reported on here.

Zhang Fei Float

Turning big float around

Drums and Flutes

Nebuta Hanto Dancers

Dancers and Float

Dragon Drum

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You might be interested in an interesting video I recently posted, it appeared on NHK Newsworld about 3 years ago, and it’s in English so it’s accessible to non-Japanese speakers. The video has an interview with a Nebuta-shi and shows details of the construction of a Nebuta float.

Chas on September 29th, 2006
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