Festival is coming in next month
These days the sound of drums comes into my room every evening till night.
I know where it comes from.
It is the sound of practice for a traditional festival called DANJIRI at somewhere around my neighbor.
The main part of this festival is carrying huge and heavy wooden car.
The wooden car is called "DASHI" and more than 4t weight and around 4m height.
What everyone like Danjiri is its aggressiveness.
Around 150 people pull DASHI, which is mostly about 20 people on and it weight more than 4t, with a rope connected to DASHI and run through their local area.
The point to enjoy this festival is to watch how beautifully controlled DASHI is.
There are some difficulty in controlling and balancing such a huge DASHI especially when it goes through narrow road or sharply bending road.
Some elderly men on DASHI give indication to the controlling guys around DASHI when it comes to the corner or narrow place like which side should be pulled stronger.
Sometimes DASHI hits to a roof of houses, or falls down because of out of balance .
Unfortunately, it is no wonder to have injured people during the festival, and sometimes it brings death.
This festival originally began in order to pray for the productiveness of grain about 300 years ago.
But now, it is more for maintaining strong tie in each community.
The festival is held in some place, mostly western Japan (I guess kinki area has the most number of communities owning Danjiri. Osaka has the biggest one).
If you have chance to visit Japan around September and October, I recommend to check the schedule of Danjiri festival!!
I know where it comes from.
It is the sound of practice for a traditional festival called DANJIRI at somewhere around my neighbor.
The main part of this festival is carrying huge and heavy wooden car.
The wooden car is called "DASHI" and more than 4t weight and around 4m height.
What everyone like Danjiri is its aggressiveness.
Around 150 people pull DASHI, which is mostly about 20 people on and it weight more than 4t, with a rope connected to DASHI and run through their local area.
The point to enjoy this festival is to watch how beautifully controlled DASHI is.
There are some difficulty in controlling and balancing such a huge DASHI especially when it goes through narrow road or sharply bending road.
Some elderly men on DASHI give indication to the controlling guys around DASHI when it comes to the corner or narrow place like which side should be pulled stronger.
Sometimes DASHI hits to a roof of houses, or falls down because of out of balance .
Unfortunately, it is no wonder to have injured people during the festival, and sometimes it brings death.
This festival originally began in order to pray for the productiveness of grain about 300 years ago.
But now, it is more for maintaining strong tie in each community.
The festival is held in some place, mostly western Japan (I guess kinki area has the most number of communities owning Danjiri. Osaka has the biggest one).
If you have chance to visit Japan around September and October, I recommend to check the schedule of Danjiri festival!!
A festival is coming in next month
These days, the sound of drums comes into my room every evening till night late. NOTE: 'till late' sounds more natural than 'till night', since the sounds only begin in the evening.
It is the sound of the practice for a traditional festival called DANJIRI at somewhere around my neighborhood.
The main part of this festival is people carrying a huge and heavy wooden car.
The wooden car is called "DASHI" and weighs more than 4t weight and is around 4m height tall.
What everyone likes about Danjiri is its aggressiveness.
DASHI has about 20 people on it, and around 150 people run through their local area while pulling DASHI with a rope that is connected to it. NOTE: I think this sentence sounds more natural with the words in this order. Also, because you wrote that it 'weighs more that 4t' in the sentence before, you don't need to repeat it here.
The point to of enjoying this festival is to watch how beautifully controlled DASHI is.
There are some difficulties in controlling and balancing such a huge DASHI, especially when it goes through a narrow road or sharply bending road.
Some elderly men on DASHI give indications to the controlling guys around DASHI when it they comes to the corner or a narrow place, like which side should be pulled stronger.
Sometimes DASHI hits to a the roof of houses, or falls down because it is of out of balance .
Unfortunately, it is no wonder normal to have injured people during the festival, and sometimes it brings causes death.
But now, it is more for maintaining strong ties in each community.
The festival is held in some places, mostly western Japan (I guess kinki area has the most highest number of communities owning celebrating Danjiri.
Osaka has the biggest one). By 'one' did you mean the 'festival' or the DASHI?
If you have the chance to visit Japan around September and October, I recommend to check the schedule of the Danjiri festival!!