Akiu no taue odori (秋保の田植踊) is a traditional rice-planting dance in Akiu, now part of Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Performed since the seventeenth...

Akiu may refer to: Akiu, Miyagi, town in Natori District, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan Akiu no Taue Odori, traditional rice-planting dance in Akiu, Miyagi...

of a woman into hannya (female demon) in a single head. The head of Tamamo-no-Mae, by pulling a string, can instantly cover the face of a beautiful woman...

acupressure, Indian Ayurvedic principles, and assisted yoga postures, but with no use of oils or lotions. The recipient remains clothed during treatment. There...

themselves in the Cockpit Country in 1812. The maroon community of Me-no-Sen-You-no-Come also resisted attempts by the Accompong Maroons and the colonial...

They had no compassion to the needy and helpless. No faith in Sila and Uposath but fun in sins, no faith in donation but greedy for wealth, no faith in...

"Kabuki Theatre". UNESCO Culture Sector. Retrieved 2011-05-02. "Akiu no Taue Odori". UNESCO Culture Sector. Retrieved 2011-05-02. "Chakkirako". UNESCO...

Acupuncture and Moxibustion Ainu dance Akiu no Taue Odori Akyn Angklung "Arirang" Bakhshi music Batik Baul tradition of Bangladesh Beijing opera Bokator...

region, these become Bayaka and Yaka due to epenthesis whenever there is no consonant starting a syllable. In Bagandu, the forms are Biaka and Diaka,...

housewives (called uflis). This form of the Chhau dance, states Mohan Khokar, has no ritual or ceremonial meaning, it is a form of community celebration and entertainment...