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The National Cultural Festival (国民文化祭、又は国文祭) is a festival of culture which aims to provide opportunities to present various cultural activities by the Japanese public with an emphasis on activities by amateur, rouse motivation to join cultural activities, encourage the creation of new culture, achieve the development of local culture, and enrich the life of the people.[1] This festival is hosted jointly by the Agency for Cultural Affairs together with the hosting Prefectural Government or the municipal government, cultural group, or other organization associated with the locale concerned.[2]

Main Features

Comprehensive festival: Includes an opening festival that indicates the orientation of new trends in amateur cultural activities and so forth.

Symposiums: Keynote lectures, panel discussions, and other events to discuss diverse topics related to trends in Japanese culture, including amateur cultural activities and regional cultural activities.

Genre-Specific Festivals: Performances, exhibition, and other events are presented - with a focus on groups nominated by prefectural governments and so on - in such genres as folk music, orchestral music, choral music, brass band music, drama, literary, arts, dance, traditional Japanese music, and daily-culture.

Cooperative Festivals

Those that comply with the objectives of the National Cultural Festival and are hosted by local government, culture-related groups, and corporation and other organizations nationwide. They consist of performances, contests, festivals, exhibitions, classes, and other events.

Host Prefecture of Past

See also

References

  1. ^ "What is The National Cultural Festival".
  2. ^ "The festival is hosted by a Prefectural Government every year".

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