It is recognized that the origin of the lion dance preserved in the Tomoyose area in the old Kochinda Village is a ritual dance developed for driving away the smallpox spread in the earlier 19th century.

#762 Lion Dance

Type

Areals

Place

Tomoyose Baba Park

Area

Yaese, Okinawa

Country

Japan

Date

14 March 2015

The place and area names are as of the visited points of time.