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*''Established: [[1634]]''
The annual Kunchi festival, celebrated in [[Nagasaki]] since [[1634]], features a parade referencing the great maritime history of the city. Parade floats take the form of Dutch, Portuguese, and Chinese ships, and make their way through the city to [[Suwa Shrine]], the route changing on a seven-year cycle as each neighborhood gets its turn.
The parade also involves fireworks, songs, prayers, and chants, lanterns, drums, dragon dances, and fanciful "[[tojin|European]]" costume. Among the many boat-shaped floats, one features a [[chigo|child]] dressed as the son of ''[[shuinsen]]'' merchant [[Araki Sotaro]] and his Vietnamese wife.
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==References==
*Matt Matsuda, ''Pacific Worlds'', University of Cambridge Press (2012), 88-89.
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Events and Incidents]]
The annual Kunchi festival, celebrated in [[Nagasaki]] since [[1634]], features a parade referencing the great maritime history of the city. Parade floats take the form of Dutch, Portuguese, and Chinese ships, and make their way through the city to [[Suwa Shrine]], the route changing on a seven-year cycle as each neighborhood gets its turn.
The parade also involves fireworks, songs, prayers, and chants, lanterns, drums, dragon dances, and fanciful "[[tojin|European]]" costume. Among the many boat-shaped floats, one features a [[chigo|child]] dressed as the son of ''[[shuinsen]]'' merchant [[Araki Sotaro]] and his Vietnamese wife.
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==References==
*Matt Matsuda, ''Pacific Worlds'', University of Cambridge Press (2012), 88-89.
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Events and Incidents]]
