Kitakami Michinoku Traditional Dance Festival () is a summer festival held in Kitakami, Iwate,

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, where Devils Sword ( 鬼剣舞), Deer ( 鹿踊), Tiger and other traditional dances of Michinoku, Japan's northeast region, are performed. A recent program of this festival included:

Bon dance or just is fusion of the ancient Japanese belief in ancestral spirits and a Japanese Buddhist custom to honor the spirits of one's ancestors. This Buddhist–Confucian custom has evolved into a family reunion holiday during which people retu ...

on the first day, the parade of the traditional dances on the second, and the Fireworks display over the Kitakami River on the third day. Kitakami Michinoku Traditional Dance Festival
{{Webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100927030612/http://www.city.kitakami.iwate.jp/sub03/kanko/kanko05/page_1153.html , date=2010-09-27 (in Japanese)

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Kitakami Michinoku Traditional Dance Festival
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