Akiu no taue odori (秋保の田植踊) is a traditional rice-plantingdance inAkiu, now part ofSendai,Miyagi Prefecture,Japan. Performed since the seventeenth century, ten female dancers accompanied by two or four males enact a repertoire of six to ten dances to the sound offlute, drums and bells.[1] In 1970 measures were taken to document the dance and in 1976 it was designated anImportant Intangible Folk Cultural Property.[2][3] In 2009 Akiu no taue odori was inscribed on theUNESCORepresentative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.[4]
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