Chakkirako (Japanese: チャッキラコ) is a dance performed at a festival inMiura,Japan, to celebrate the New Year and bring good fortune, especially in fishing.[1]
In 1976, Japan's government recognized this dance as anintangible cultural heritage to be protected.[2] In 2009, it has been inscribed in UNESCO'sRepresentative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.[1] In 2022, the inscription was revoked and the dance incorporated into the broader subject ofFuryu-odori.[3]
The dance originated in the Edo period with influences by the dances of visiting sailors.[4] By the mid-eighteenth century, it had become a showcase for local girls. Every year in the middle of January, ten to twenty girls in colorful kimono between the ages of 5 and 12 perform the dance at a shrine or in front of houses.[4] They are accompanied by five to ten older women singinga capella.
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