Based in Hishi Public Hall, the 17 members of the Local Customs and Regional Songs
Society, along with others in the region, spread word of events and songs like 'Seven Herb
Rice Gruel', 'Mayudama ('festive cocoon') Shogatsu', 'Adzuki Rice Gruel', 'Setsubun',
'Hatsuuma' (the first Horse day in February), 'Hina' Festival, sekku, 'Rice Planting
Song', 'Summer Festival', Raiden shrine's 'Praying for Rain', '15 Nights', '13 Nights,
'Toukanya' ('ten nights'), and 'Koushin Waiting'. The group also collects local recipes
and folk tales and holds exhibitions of farming tools and folk objects. |
