The Unjami Ritual at Iheya Island in the Northern Ryukyus
This article is intended as a preliminary study focused on the unjami ritual celebration held every year after the Obon Festival, on the 17th day of the 7th month according to the lunar calendar, in the village of Dana on the island of Iheya, a place often defined as the last repository of northern...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Morcelliana
2012
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Studi e materiali di storia delle religioni
Year: 2012, Volume: 78, Issue: 2, Pages: 458-466 |
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Ryukyuan folk literature
B Ryūkyū B Japan B Orikuchi Shinobu B Unjami B Matsuri (Festivals) B Ritualism B sacerdotesse B comunità di villaggio B RITES & ceremonies B priestesses B village community B Women priests |
| Summary: | This article is intended as a preliminary study focused on the unjami ritual celebration held every year after the Obon Festival, on the 17th day of the 7th month according to the lunar calendar, in the village of Dana on the island of Iheya, a place often defined as the last repository of northern Ryukyuan folk traditions. After a brief historical introduction related to the island as well as to the important role played by noro priestesses in that area, a detailed description of the ritual, fruit of a fieldwork carried out in Iheya in September 2012, follows. The final section is a photographic documentation of the major stages of the unjami. (English) |
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| ISSN: | 2611-8742 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Studi e materiali di storia delle religioni
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