Intangible Folk-Cultural Properties, etc.

【Designated by the City:Intangible Folk】Uruka Kuicha

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Kuicha is a group dance in a circular formation that has been passed down over generations throughout Miyako. Being also referred to as “Voice Accord”[…] read more – >

【Designated by the City:Intangible Folk】Kuicha of Tomori

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Long ago, women who engaged in weaving at a village guardhouse on orders are said to have likened white-crested waves on a reef to patterns of Jofu, o[…] read more – >

【Prefecturally Designated:Tangible Folk】Ceremony Site of Uipyamutu

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At the Uipyayama Site at the southern side of the Sunagawa settlement are three structures of Maiuipya, Kusuuipya, and Uiusu, used for the Komori ritu[…] read more – >

【National Designation:Intangible Folk Culture Property】Kuicha Dance of Miyako

The Kuicha of Miyako is a group dance that has been passed on down the generations in various areas of the Miyako Islands. The people lively dance the[…] read more – >

【Nationally Selected:Selected Preservation Techinique】Choma Ito Teumi (Choma Thread Twisting)

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The Choma Ito Teumi is a technique that hand-twists (connects) the fibers of ramie (Urticaceae family of perennial flowering plants, also referred to […] read more – >

【Irabu】Irau-Taogani

イラウオタガニ

Taogani is said to be the first selection of long-sung old balladry, compiled and spread by Togani. Irau-Taogani is different from Miyako Togani in me[…] read more – >

【Designated by the City:Intangible Folk】Sarahama Myakuzutsu

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Sarahama Myakuzuku is a large-scale festival, conducted for four days from the day of Kinoe-uma in August and September of the lunar calendar, involvi[…] read more – >

【National Designation:Intangible Folk】Pantu of Miyakojima

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1. The Pantu Satupunaha (wishes for the home village) of Shimajiri, Hirara, takes place three times a year (between the end of March to the beginning […] read more – >

【National Designation:Craftsmanship】Miyako Jofu

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It is said that the Miyako Jofu textile was created by Inaishi, the wife of Eiga Uji Shinei, at the end of the 16th century. Since its designation as […] read more – >

【National Designation】Harvest Festival of Tarama Island

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The origin of “August Dance” of Tarama Island remains unknown. However, it presumably has something to do with the poll tax system as it was originall[…] read more – >