祭概要

新緑の里山に田植唄とお囃しが響く！初夏を彩る華やかな田園絵巻

苦しい田植えの時期を乗り切るため、かつて中国地方では大勢で田植唄を歌いながら田植えをする囃し田（はやしだ）が盛んに見られました。田植え終わりの時期には、人も牛も華やかに着飾って田植えをする「大田植（おおだうえ）」を催し、豊作を祈願したそうです。その風習を今に伝えるのがこの祭り。水を張った田んぼで、豪華な飾り牛が土をならし、囃し方が笛・太鼓・手打鉦（てうちがね）を打ち鳴らし、絣（かすり）の着物姿の早乙女（さおとめ）たちが歌いながら苗を植える。そんな美しい田園風景に魅了されます。

飾り牛や囃し方などが商店街を道行き（行列）しながら会場へ向かいます。その道中も、本番前の見せ場の一つです。


Hear the sounds of rice planting songs and festive music dedicated to village
forests filled with lush vegetation!
See gorgeous rustic scrolls showcased early summer.

The “Hayashida”, where many people gather to sing rice planting songs to make it through the harsh rice planting season, is a ritual that could often be seen many years ago in the Chugoku region. It is said that people and cows were dressed up extravagantly as they held a grand rice planting event in prayer for a good harvest toward the end of the rice planting season. This festival conveys that custom to modern times. Elegantly decorated cows rake the water-laden paddy and musicians play the flute, drums, and small cymbals while women in kimonos made with dyed fibers plant the seedlings. The beautiful rural landscape will captivate you.

Decorated cows and musicians head toward the hall in a procession through the shopping streets. This is also one of the features before the actual event is held.


広島県山県郡北広島町壬生の特設会場
Special venue at Mibu, Kitahiroshima-cho, Yamagata-gun, Hiroshima

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