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Japanese
Pronunciation
Noun
蛇踊 • (jaodori)
- dragon dance, a traditional Chinese folk dance, also performed in Nagasaki and other places
1986, Okada Akira, Dorama to zenjin kyōiku [Drama and general education], page 56:
- そこで、まず先生が、「みんな、これを覚えているかい」そう言ってテープレコーダーのスイッチをいれました。「ジャン、ジャン、ジャーン……」という例の長崎の「おくんち」の蛇踊りのおはやしがテープから流れてくるんです。
- Soko de, mazu sensei ga,“minna, kore o oboete iru kai” sō itte tēpu rekōdā no suitchi o iremashita.“Jan, jan, jān……” to iu rei no Nagasaki no “okunchi” no jaodori no ohayashi ga tēpu kara nagarete kuru n desu.
- Then, first the teacher, saying “Everyone, do you remember this?” switches on the tape recorder. “Jang, jang, jang...” a sample of the accompaniment to Nagasaki's “okunchi” dragon dance thunders from the tape.
- snake dance, part of a Hopi religious ritual that involves handling rattle snakes
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