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Archives of the Japan's First Comprehensive Study of Rice Farming Cultures in Southeast Asia: Photographs of Thailand

This is a database featuring approximately 800 photographs from the National Museum of Ethnology’s collection which were taken in Thailand during the First Synthetic Research of the Culture of Rice-cultivating Peoples in Southeast Asian Countries (1957-1958).

Dances, Songs and Festivals of Amamioshima

The island of Amamioshima is host to various festivals and annual events, such as Arasetsu, Shibasashi and the harvest festival, which feature performances of traditional folk performing arts and which have continued to be celebrated over the ages. The August Dance is an event held across the villages on the island where men and women both young and old come together to sing call-and-response songs, accompanied by taiko drums known as Chijin. At the harvest festivals popular in the south of the island, a variety of old and new folk performing arts are performed, including popular dances, as well as more traditional dances and songs. This database presents the folk performing arts and festivals from across the island using video footage filmed by Minpaku.