Daimokutate

De Daimokutate (題目立) be recitation show wey dem dey perform for Yahashira Shrine insyd Kami-fukawa village, near de city of Nara.高橋・鹿谷1991年 pp.110-112

De Shinto Temple insyd Kamifukawa get tradition make dem accept 17-year-old boy as member of religious organization wey dey carry out religious ceremonies for de temple. De acceptance of boy go de organization for de temple be acknowledgment say de kiddie cam turn adult.

 De performance 
Young men, aged 17 (If enough boys aged 17 years no dey, boys wey no yet catch 17 years old anaa dem sanso dey include ova 17 years old de performance insyd) stand for semi-circle insyd wey dem dress for samurai clothes insyd wey dem dey carry bows. One by one, old man dey bell dem go de centre wey he dey read de name of character for de tales insyd of de feud between de Minamoto den Taira clans. No musical accompaniments dey. Wen all twenty-six characters speak, de youths rhythmically go dey stamp dema feet den sing offstage.Terence Lancashire, An Introduction to Japanese Folk Performing Arts (2011), p. 87 et 196.

Originally rite of passage for de age of seventeen make dem mark de formal acceptance of de eldest son into de community of de twenty-two families of Kami-fukawa, young men of various ages now dey perform de Daimokutate annually insyd mid-October wey dem komot from chaw different families. Unique for Japan insyd as dramatic performance widout acting anaa music, de Daimokutate be important marker of identity wey edey play indispensable role make e maintain solidarity for dis mountainous town insyd.E. Oyler, Daimokutate: Ritual Placatory Performance of the Genpei War, Oral Tradition 21 (2006), p. 90-118.

 History 
Na dem dey perform Daimokutate around de end of de Muromachi period. Daimokutate be dey last living example of tradition make dem dey recite for sanctuary insyd wey ordinary people dey perform, dem attest for de first tym for document of 1534 insyd.

Documents de folklore specialist Hosen Jungo collect between 1953 den 1955, dem preserve am, buh ebe likely say na de repertoire be much larger.

Na dem inscribe Daimokutate for 2009 insyd for de UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists top.Decision of the Intergovernmental Committee: 4.COM 13.48

 References 

Category:Nara Prefecture
Category:Festivals insyd Japan
Category:Theatre insyd Japan
Category:October observances
Category:Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity