SHIGA, Dec 14 (News On Japan) –
Otsu’s centuries-old pageant custom has been accredited for inscription on UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage listing, marking a big recognition of the cultural and communal worth of the Otsu Festival’s Hikiyama parade.
UNESCO has determined so as to add 4 extra Japanese traditions, together with Otsu’s Hikiyama procession, to its class of Mountain, Float and Pavilion Festivals, a bunch that highlights regional occasions constructed round elaborate floats and long-preserved neighborhood rituals.
The Otsu Festival, already designated as an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property by the Japanese authorities, has been celebrated because the Edo interval and was praised for taking part in a vital function in shaping and sustaining the local people.
Furuya Hiroshi, chairman of the Otsu Festival Preservation Society, mentioned the registration locations the custom on a good bigger international stage, including that individuals all over the world will now see what generations of predecessors have carried on for tons of of years, and that this duty should proceed unchanged.
Within Shiga Prefecture, this marks the second pageant to obtain UNESCO intangible cultural heritage standing.
Source: KTV NEWS