One of the most famous dancing festivals in Japan is Awa odori(阿波踊り), in Tokushima(徳島). Awa(阿波) is the old feudal administration name for Tokushima, Shikoku(四国) and odori(踊り) means dance. Awa odori is one of the three big Bon Dancing in Japan and one of the three big festivals in Shikoku.
It is held from Aug. 12 to 15. It has more than 400 years old history. The group of dancers is called ren (連), and there are more than 1000 ren dancing in the 7 sites for 4 days. More than 1.4 million visitors are expected to come to see the festival.
The song with chant is like this:
Erai yaccha, erai yaccha(えらいやっちゃ、えらいやっちゃ), Yoi, yoi, yoi, yoi(ヨイヨイヨイヨイ)
Odoru aho ni, miru aho (踊る阿呆に、見る阿呆: The dancers are fools, The watchers are fools)
Onaji aho nara, Odorana son, son (同じ阿呆なら、踊らな損損: Both are fools alike so, Why don't you dance?)
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