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*''Japanese or Miyako'': 親元祖・うやがん ''(uyagan/uyaan)''
''Uyagan'' are ancestral spirits worshipped in the Karimata region of [[Miyako Island]]. On certain festival occasions, the spirits are said to come out from hiding in the mountains, and the people welcome them by dancing in a circle and singing a song of the gods (''fusa''), while wearing grass headdresses (''uika'') and holding grasses in their hands.
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==References==
*Gallery labels, Okinawa Prefectural Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/9511514351/in/dateposted-public/]
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Religion]]