🔴LIVE: Hakata Dontaku - Matsubayashi Parade 2024 / どんたくのルーツ 博多松ばやし - Kyushu, Japan

This is the start of “Hakata Dontaku” one the three biggest festivals in Fukuoka. 博多どんたくのルーツ「博多松ばやし」。博多どんたく港まつりのパレード幕開けを飾り、福神様・恵比須様・大黒様の三福神が市中を馬に乗って祝って廻ります。中世の民俗文化が色濃く残る博多松囃子を、Kyushu Liveでは5月3日の初日をライブでお届けします！This parade is the origin of the festival - it hasn’t changed much in 840 years! It departs at 8:50 from Kushida Shrine on May 3 (Fri.) and May 4 (Sat.). This colorful procession is led by three gods of fortune riding on horseback: Fukurokuju (god of long life), Ebisu (god of business) and Daikoku (god of wealth). They’re accompanied by a group of dancing children, who, in case the gods get above themselves, sing the special festival chant ‘iitate.’ In their wake follow thousands of local people in traditional dress, all performing the Matsubayashi custom of greeting each other through song and dance. This procession has remained unchanged since the Middle Ages and has been designated an Intangible Cultural Property by Fukuoka Prefecture. This group also leads the main Dontaku Parade on May 4.
Hakata Matsubayashi Parade
• 5/3 (Fri., hol.), 5/4 (Sat., hol.)
• 9:00~17:00
• Venue: Departs from Kushida Shrine (1-41 Kamikawabata-machi, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka)
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Thank you for sharing this. I appreciate it!

[@cocojackson2987]

how do they decode which companies to stop at to receive a donation? or do the companies decide by displaying a formal presentation table?

[@raindropcoffeeshop]

Any plans for the next Kyushu live?

[@kyushulive]

yes! tomorrow from 13:00 - in Daimyo

[@raindropcoffeeshop]

@@kyushulive Yay! Looking forward to it.

[@PsychoGemini]

Sadly missed this as it was to early for me. Hello from Tainan.

[@ametrom]

Love Tainan. Lived there in the early 2000s. Hasn't changed much!

[@アッシュのおさんぽ日記]

明日もいますか？
Are you there tomorrow?