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Traditional Japanese Events Registered as Intangible Cultural Heritage
In November 2018, traditional Japanese events were added to UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage register. The heritage referred to is a list of ten events held in eight prefectures that involve “ritual visits from deities in masks and costumes.”
2018年
nisenn juuhachi nenn
twenty-eighteen [year]
11月
juuichi gatsu
November
に、
ni,
in
日本の
nihonn no
Japanese
伝統
denntou
traditional
行事が
gyouji ga
events
ユネスコ無形文化遺産に
yunesuko mukei bunnka isann ni
UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage
登録されました。
touroku sare mashita.
were added to register
登録されたのは
touroku sareta no ha
the heritage referred to
「来訪神：仮面・仮装の神々」
“raihoushinn: kamenn / kasou no kamigami”
ritual visits from deities in masks and costumes
で、
de,
that involve
8つの県
yattsu no kenn
eight prefectures
で
de
in
行われている
okonawarete iru
held
行事10件を
gyouji ju’kkenn wo
events ten
まとめたものです。
matometa mono desu.
is a list of
神さまを
kamisama wo
(a certain) deity
装った
yosootta
(so that they) resemble
仮面を
kamenn wo
(a) mask
つけたり
tsuke’tari
don or
仮装したりした
kasou shi’tari shita
(a) costume [don]
住民が
juuminn ga
residents
近所の
kinnjo no
neighborhoods or
家々を
ieie wo
houses
訪れ、
otozure,
visit and
なまけものを
namakemono wo
lazy residents
戒めたり
imashime’tari
to warn or
健康
kennkou
health
や
ya
or
幸福を
koufuku wo
good luck
願ったりします。
nega’ttari shi masu.
bring
秋田県
akita kenn
Akita Prefecture
の
no
in
「男鹿のなまはげ」が
“oga no namahage” ga
Oga no namahage
よく知られています。
yoku shirarete i masu.
is well-known
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