Introduction of The Festival

Onda festival in Hirao Nara pref

(Français) Hirao no Onda

The festival maintains traditional protocol such as rice farming rituals. First, the ritual is held in the evening. Secondarily, the language used is old Japanese in the Edo period (1603-1867 A.D.). Thirdly, almost every process of the rice farming is included such as the performance of scaring birds away from paddy fields.

Category
 Performing art・For a good harvest
Location(s)
 Oudahirao, Uda City Mizuwake Shrine
Date(s) of Matsuri
 Middle of January
Contact
Access
 Four minutes walk from Udamatsuo bus stop, which can be reached from Kintetsu Haibara Station
URL
Conservation Group
 Hirao-ku
Note
 Intangible folk cultural assets designated by the prefecture