Iwami Kagura: Orochi - Shimane - 石見神楽大蛇

Today’s video is special as we are giving you the chance to enjoy in its entirety (over 31 minutes) one of Japan's most famous Iwami Kagura plays : Orochi!
Literally meaning “Entertaining the gods” Kagura is a sacred Japanese dance and music ritual dedicated to the gods of Shinto and is believed to be as old as 1,300 years. What makes Iwami Kagura special is its simplistic approach to Kagura. It’s designed to entertain both the gods and the average population thanks to its fast-paced music, dance, gorgeous costumes and simple stories.
Now, the Orochi Play, or the play of the defeat of the eight headed giant serpent, by Susanoo is a well known Kagura story.
One day Susanoo stumbled upon a sad elderly couple and asks why them why they are grieving. Each year the giant serpent has eaten one of their seven daughters.This year, it is coming for their last daughter. After hearing this, Susanoo gives the serpent poisonous alcohol.
Once it is drunk, he defeats it. Susanoo is then united with the maiden he saved. The sword that emerges from the now dead serpent’s tail becomes one of the Three Sacred Treasures and is preserved in the Atsuta Shrine (Aichi Prefecture).
This video was made in Cooperation with the Shimane Prefecture Tourism Promotion Division. Learn more about Shimane at www.kankou-shimane.com/en/
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[@SF-uc6lz]

映像でも十分綺麗だけど、目の前で見た時の迫力は全く違うんだよなあ あの火薬臭さが懐かしい

[@EleiyaUmei]

What a great kagura! I'm sure Susanoo no Mikoto, Kushinadahime, Ashinazuchi no Kami and Tenazuchi no Kami were very pleased by this.

[@user-kh7tj5gj6u]

スサノオウノミコトは出雲の国島根県の伝説が八岐大蛇なんですね。勉強になります。

[@user-ux4dj2jp1u]

石見神楽サイコー

[@user-tk8pk3nn7e]

見に行きたい…綺麗😭🍀

[@user-uz1pg8cf7r]

島根県浜田市田町にある龍泉寺の清正公夏祭りがおすすめです。 とりに🐯が（21:00以降に）出てきます小さいお子さん連れの方は🐯が近くまで来てくれますので、怖いと思われる方は遠目で見られるのをオススメします😊令和6年だと、7/27㈯19時~23時かと思いますがまだお知らせがネットで調べてもでてこないので、直接お電話されることをおすすめします😊無料で観覧できます🐉祈願がある方は１祈願につき三千円との事です✨

[@user-uz1pg8cf7r]

それと夏ですので、熱中症対策をお忘れなく🙏💚

[@streetsofasia8895]

What a success have you manufactured, my good friend! I watched this play with my eyes unclouded so that I could appreciate fully its success and high quality and admire (to the maximum extent) the unkindled success and beauty of your KZbin channel, which I always can be reliant on for perfection-quality contents.

[@netyou007jp]

They are not dragons. A huge snake. A snake with eight faces & eight tails. The Japanese word "(大)蛇" means "(Huge-)Snake". Since this venue is small, only four heads have appeared. They are playing one head & one body each other. However, according to the original legend "Kojiki", this monster has 8 heads and 8 tails on one body. Like Super King Ghidorah. 竜ではなく蛇です。日本語の"蛇"は英語の"Snake"を意味します。 観ての通り、演者1人が1つの頭＆胴体を演じています。会場が狭いため今回は4頭だけの登場ですが、元となった伝記「古事記」での大蛇は、8つの頭と8つの尾をもつ1体の怪物です。キングギドラのように。

[@Jon-mh9lk]

多分"wyrm"（ワーム）の翻訳が一番いい。 古英語なら、蛇の意味でありながら竜の意味もあった。

[@masatoshinaito1568]

音楽もいいなぁ

[@KuroSteve1]

Thank you very much!

[@ibalsuleman5010]

Terima kasih sudah memberi pertunjukan panjang yang seru.

[@nicolaskiss6108]

Thank you so much! it's wonderful!

[@user-eb7jb7wn8m]

很美好，谢谢您

[@misawa35100]

佐野神楽社中さんの大蛇浜田の夜神楽週末公演ですね💕

[@himitsuninjaranger6518]

Susanoo wa Kami no Arashi desu! 😌 ❤️🇯🇵 Kore wa Sugoi!

[@user-ns5dp3ns7j]

22:16

[@user-vx5tf5ww6e]

ヘビをクルクルさせるの技術要るんやろな🤔

[@mi8994]

慣れれば簡単です！けど、頭が重いです…石見神楽長澤社中という所でやっています！ながさわです！

[@user-ky4ko2uj4l]

​@@mi8994被ったことあるけど重かったですね。あんなに速く動かせるのに、見えたら、（中の人）文句言うのもなぁ・・・てっ思う。でも、歩けは普通にできた気がする

[@waikuenlee6242]

although the blue dragon reached out his human hands to grab his body for a few times , it was just a little flaw , at the end it was an excellence show.

[@TokyoStreetView]

You have to remember one things is that these show are actually organized and played by local volunteers, explaining such "mishaps". People are actually not paid or very very very little for doing this. And some often rush from work to start playing. If you pay close attention to one of the Dragon you will see one of the actor still being in "Bridgestone" overalls from work.

[@waikuenlee6242]

@@TokyoStreetView please forgive my poor English for not well expressed , I do enjoy the show very much , I watched from start to the end not with my eyes closed for a minute.

[@uniqlo725]

佐野とはお目が高いね

[@shokotanaka7662]

I’m from Iwami, Shimane. Want foreign people more about this Iwami Kagura rather than other garbage cultures. They normally learn Ohayashi and Kagura since they’re child.

[@EleiyaUmei]

I love Japanese mythology and Shinto but dude, "other garbage cultures"? No culture is superior or inferior. Nonetheless, we humans should make an effort to learn about cultures other than our own.

[@dyflin3246]

Well's that's rather ignorant of you.

[@user-iv5wv8xp4l]

写真禁止の紙あるけど……

[@karuizawa2025]

ごちゃごちゃ言うな。ク○が

[@KS-qt3lf]

おそらくフラッシュ禁止の貼紙だと思います。 石見地方の出身ですが有料のホール等での公演は別として、神社等での奉納神楽で撮影を制限されるのは見たことがありません。

[@user-ky4ko2uj4l]

高画質にしたら見えるけど、雲みたいなのがあるので、フラッシュ禁止でしょうね・・