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Mizudome-no-mai at Gonshoji - Jul 14, 2010
The Mizudome-no-mai dance performed at Gonshoji Temple in Ota Ward, Tokyo Japan, July 14, 2010.
This is a dance performed by 3 shishi lions and two dragons. It is part of a prayer ritual to end heavy rains and takes place around the end of the rainy season in Tokyo. Practised for over 500 years, the prayer was first offered by people in the area who were affected by heavy rains after a local monk prayed for rain in relief of a massive drought in the area. His prayer is said to have been answered but the rains that came were just as detremental. It was a perfect day to see the effects of a rain ending dance. Bright and sunny.
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Mizudome no Mai - Japanese Water Dragon Festival
Mizudome no Mai is a curious Japanese festival done on July 14th in the Ota-ku area of Tokyo where they implore dragons who are associated with rain and the water god, Suijin, to stop the rain.
Two men representing dragons are put in straw baskets which symbolize the coils of the dragon then are carried down the street to Gonshoji Temple. The whole time water is thrown at them to encourage them while the dragon men blow on horgai (conch shell horns) to mimic the dragons' cry.
The festival originated nearly 700 years ago. In 1321 there was a severe drought and the people prayed for rain. 2 years later they got more rain than they wanted and ended up with floods and they prayed for the rain to stop. July 14th is right around the end of the rainy season in Japan.
After the two dragons are carried to the temple, a group of high school students perform a lion dance to appease to the dragon rain gods.