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～新型コロナウイルス終息へ祈りを込めて～
令和2年3月22日
世界に蔓延する新型コロナウイルスの終息を願い、石見神楽の演目「鐘馗」が無観客にて奉納されました。この番組はyoutubeでライブ配信された『疫病鎮静祈願神楽』を再編集したものです。
On March 22, 2020, to pray for the swift end of the COVID-19 global pandemic in dedication to the world, Shoki, a traditional ritual dance play of Iwami Kagura* was performed without an audience.
This is the edited version of the traditional epidemic relief prayer kagura ceremony, which was live streamed on YouTube.
【鐘馗】
中国の唐の時代、玄宗皇帝が病の床に伏せているとき、夢の中で「鍾馗」と名乗る神様が現れて、茅輪を通し疫神を見つけ、十束の宝剣で皇帝を苦しめている疫神を撃ち払う。その後、眠りから覚めた皇帝は不思議なことに病が治っていたのであった。
Kushiro Kagura Group in Japan presents “Shoki”, a traditional ritual dance to pray for the subsiding of the COVID-19 global pandemic.
This ritual dance play of Iwami Kagura* is to pray for the safety and good health by depicting the story of a deity defeating a plague demon. The group performs the play with no audience and wishes to dedicate the live performance to the world with live stream.
“Shoki”
The play is based on a legend about a deity. One day when an emperor was ill in bed, he dreamed of a deity named “Shoki”: the deity found a plague demon, who had plagued the emperor, through his sacred cogongrass hoop and defeated the demon with his treasure sword. And when the emperor awoke, he was magically healed of the disease.
*Iwami Kagura
Shinto theatrical dance and music dedicated to the deities of Japanese mythology, traditionally native to the Iwami Region of Shimane Prefecture in western Japan.
Amongst popular Japanese traditional performing arts such as Kabuki and Noh, kagura is arguably the oldest with its origin in ancient Japanese mythology.
Iwami Kagura has about 300 years of history and is performed mostly during the annual celebrations of shrines in the autumn, in dedication to the deities in gratitude and to pray for an abundant harvest throughout the year.
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