Takayama Afahyɛ

Takayama Afahyɛ no (高山祭, Takayama Matsuri) hyɛɛ ase wɔ Takayama wɔ Japan wɔ mfeha 16 dze rokɔ mfeha17 mu. Gyedzi wɔ hɔ dɛ wɔhyɛɛ afahyɛ no ase wɔ ber a Kanamori ebusua no ridzi hɔn hen. Nhwehwɛmu maa wohun dɛ wonyaa mfe 40 ansaana mfe 1692 rubodur. Nna wɔyɛ afahyɛ kor wɔ Ebɔbira bosoom ne nda a wɔtɔ do 14 na 15 na nna wɔyɛ nkaa no wɔ Ɔbɛsɛ bosoom ne nda a wɔtɔ do 9 na 10.

Esusowber Takayama Afahyɛ no gyina Hie Shrine no do. Wɔsan so frɛ bosondan no Sanno Shrine, nna wɔfrɛ esusowber afahyɛ no so Sanno Afahyɛ. Sanno Afahyɛ no yɛ dza wodzi dze bɔ mpaa dze serɛ dɛ wɔbɔsow abɛ pa na ɔpɛber afahyɛ no yɛ dza wodzi dze da ase.

Ɔpɛber Afahyɛ no gyina Sakurayama Hachiman Shrine do na wɔfrɛ no Hachiman Afahyɛ. Wodzi no wɔ ber a hɔn nduadzewa ayɛ yie ma woebubu. Esusowber afahyɛ no ka afahyɛ ebiasa a wɔyɛ akɛse wɔ Japan ho. Ebien nkaa no yɛ Kyoto's Gion Matsuri na Chichibu Matsuri.

 ''Floats'' 
Afahyɛ no agye dzin ama ''large ornate floats'', anaa yatai, a wokyin wɔ kurow mu hɔ ewimber. Wɔhyɛɛ ''floats'' no ase fii mfeha 17 mu, na nna wɔdze ahataw a sika kɔkɔɔ wɔ ho esiesie ndua ho wɔ hɔ, a ɔnye Kyoto dze no dzi nsɛ wɔ Momoyama ber mu, na nna wɔdze ndzɛmba efi Edo ahyɛse ber mu no aka ho. ''Detailed carving'', ''lacquering'' nsiesie fɛɛfɛw nnyi ''floats'' no no ho nkotsee, na no mu so ka ho, no sor na n'ekyir a edwuma no ne kɛse noara wɔ no so ka ho. Wɔyɛ ''floats'' no so “gorgeously decorated with embroidered drapery."

''Wɔdze ''yatai floats'' no saw hɔ ansaana adze asa, na ber a kurow no mu ayɛ sum no, wɔsɔ chochin kandzea 100 wɔ ''float'' biara do. ''Yatai floats'' egudze soronko no hyrɛn kɛse mpo wɔ ewimber sum no mu''. Nna nkorɔfo a wɔhyɛ amambra kimono anaa hakama dze ''floats'' no kyin kurow no mu naaso nkorɔfo a wotwiw lɔre nkakramba no nnyi ho kwan dɛ wɔbɛtse no mu dur. Amambra kandzea na nna nkorɔfo dze sɔ ''floats'' no na woetwa kurow no mu. ''Float'' biara gyina hɔ ma mansin biara a ɔwɔ Takayama. Edwimfo na Hotei tai wɔ "intricate marionettes" a wɔyɛ no wɔ do. Wɔagye aborɔkyiraba dwumadzi no ato mu dɛ ɔyɛ ''amambra egyapadze''. Wɔda ''festive floats'' a wɔyɛ atsentsen no edzi wɔ nda ebien a wɔdze ridzi afahyɛ ebien no mu. Sɛ odur ber a wimu robobɔmu a, wɔdze ''floats'' no kogu dan a wɔnye hɔn gu mu no mu. Takayama Matsuri Yatai Kaikan pɛ korabew ma ''11 fall floats'' no mu anan; wɔpɛ korabew soronko ma nkaa no wɔ kurow no mu, wɔ ber a wɔnnkɛfa dze edzi dwuma. Ber a wimu robobɔmu no, wobuee Yatai Kaikan abow no ama ahɔho eehu hɔn. Nna wɔtaa sesa ''floats'' a ɔwɔ Yatai Kaikan wɔ afe mu.

Yatai Kaikan no wɔ Takayama kurow dadaw ne sarmu mantɔw n'ekyir mu, a bea hɔ no nkɔe no bɛyɛ sema 15 dze kɔ 20. Wobue Yatai Kaikan fi 08:30 dze kɔ 17:00 fi Ebɔw bosoom mu dze kɔ Ɔberɛfɛw bosoom mu na fi 09:00 dze kɔ 16:30 fi Mumu bosoom mu dze kɔ Kwakwar bosoom mu. Mbuei no bo yɛ 840 yen.

 Aborɔkyiramba 
Wɔdze taaboo, serekye na ''brocade'' anaa ''embroidered'' tam na wɔdze yɛ aborɔkyiramba no.Wɔdze ahoma na wɔdze yɛ na wopia ahoma no fi yatai no mu. “Karakuri (mechanical) aborɔkyiraba ne agodzi wɔ prama do dzi mu''. Aborɔkyiramba no tse dɛ Yatai gyina hɔ ma edwimfo a wɔwɔ nyimdzee wɔ bea hɔ. Aborɔkyiramba ebiasa “on Hotei Tai (the god of fortune)” no hia nkorɔfo 9 a wɔdze aborɔkyiraba no bedzi dwuma a wɔma aborɔkyiramba no dandan hɔn ho tse dɛ wɔwɔ nkwa, a wɔda ndzeyɛɛ na adanadan nkaa no edzi. Ɔhaw a ɔwɔ aborɔkyiramba ho yɛ hɔn beebi a wohia dze ayɛ aborɔkyiramba no yie. Wɔdze ''Right whale baleen'' na wɔdze yɛɛ ahoma a ɔwɔ aborɔkyiramba no mu, na wonntum mmfa ''steel'' ahoma anaa dɛ ''the baleen of other whales'' nnyɛ. Ndzɛmba nkaa a wɔdze yɛ ahoma no runntum mma nkekaho no mmbɔ ho wɔ aber a wɔdze ''Right whale baleen'' ayɛ.

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