Join us for the fifth installation of our JCC 15th Anniversary Talk Series, featuring a lecture and demonstration of Iwasaki Onikenbai, a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage and traditional Japanese performance art that began as a ceremony to gratify the spirits of late ancestors, but evolved to become a dramatic and stylised ritual performed to energise the aura of the land.

The Iwasaki Onikenbai troupe will be performing in Singapore as part of A Tapestry of Sacred Music Festival at the Esplanade on 12 and 13 April. As a tie-in with their visit, the lecture and demonstration at JCC will introduce the audience to the art of onikenbai, its history and cultural significance in Japan. The dynamic movements of the dance will be explained with live demonstrations by dancers of the Iwasaki Onikenbai troupe.

To register, please email the following details to jcc@sn.mofa.go.jp with the subject Iwasaki Onikenbai by Tuesday, 9 April 2024, 4PM SGT.:

1. Full Name
2. Number of persons (maximum 2 pax, including yourself)

We regret that as there is limited seating, seats will be confirmed only upon receipt of confirmation email from JCC. If the registration is full, or you would like to cancel your registration, please e-mail us at jcc@sn.mofa.go.jp. ALL EVENTS ARE FREE OF CHARGE.

Onikenbai (ogre sword dance) originated from Kitakami, Iwate Prefecture in northeastern Japan and has been passed down from generation to generation for more than 1300 years. Performed to the accompaniment of Buddhist chants and music, onikenbai dramatically portrays the suffering, sadness, anger and joy of Japanese farmers.

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