Devil's sword dance
Appearance
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The Devil's Sword Dance (鬼剣舞, onikenbai) is a sword dance usually performed by a group of eight dancers, especially popular in northeastern Japan. It is so called because the dancers wear face masks which look like demons (鬼, oni). [1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ About Oni Kenbai (in the official page of Kitakami City, Iwate Prefecture) Archived 2010-09-23 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)