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=={{transliteration|ja|Bon odori}}== {{main|Bon Festival#Bon Odori}} [[File:Bon-odori-2014.ogv|thumb|thumbtime=1|Video of dancers in a {{transliteration|ja|bon odori}} festival in [[Adachi-ku]], [[Tokyo]]]] {{transliteration|ja|Bon odori}} is a type of folk dance performed during the Obon Festival.<ref>[http://www.japan-101.com/art/art_bon_odori.htm Bon Odori β Japanese Traditional Dance]. Japan-101.com (2007-01-27). Retrieved on 2012-03-13. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031207055550/http://www.japan-101.com/art/art_bon_odori.htm |date=December 7, 2003 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.bonodori.net/E/ Invitation to Bon Dancing]. Bonodori.net. Retrieved on 2012-03-13.</ref><ref>[http://www.japanese-city.com/calendar/events/japanese-city-events-locations-summer-obon-odori-taiko-line-dancing-dango-drums-games-food.php 2012 Japanese Obon Festival & Bon Odori Schedule]. Japanese-City.com (2012-02-29). Retrieved on 2012-03-13.</ref> It was originally a dance to welcome the spirits of the dead. These dances and the music that accompanies them are different for every region of Japan. Usually, the {{transliteration|ja|bon}} dance involves people dancing around a {{transliteration|ja|[[Yagura (tower)|yagura]]}}, a high wooden scaffold. The people move either counter clockwise or clockwise, away and towards the {{transliteration|ja|yagura}}. Sometimes they switch direction. The movement and gestures in a {{transliteration|ja|bon}} dance often depict the history, work or geography of the region.<ref>[http://www.bonodori.net/E/sekai/framework/framework10.htm The Framework of Bon Dancing10]. Bonodori.net (2002-08-31). Retrieved on 2012-03-13.</ref> For example, {{transliteration|ja|[[tankΕ bushi]]}} is a coal mining work song that originates from [[Miike Mine]] in Kyushu, and the movements in the dance depict digging, cart pushing and lantern hanging. {{transliteration|ja|[[Soran Bushi]]}}<ref>[http://www.lyricstime.com/mawaca-soran-bushi-lyrics.html Mawaca β Soran Bushi Lyrics] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927052547/http://www.lyricstime.com/mawaca-soran-bushi-lyrics.html |date=2011-09-27 }}. Lyricstime.com. Retrieved on 2012-03-13.</ref> is a [[sea shanty]], and the movements in the dance depict net dragging and luggage hoisting. {{transliteration|ja|Bon}} dances may employ the use of different utensils, such as fans, small towels and wooden hand clappers. For the {{transliteration|ja|hanagasa odori}},<ref>[http://www.ikechang.com/summer/sum9602e.htm Hanagasa Odori (Flower Hat Dance)]. Ikechang.com. Retrieved on 2012-03-13.</ref> the dancers use straw hats with flowers on them.
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