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  • Introducing Japanese culture -Seasonal events- Namahage

  • 日本の文化を英語で紹介 〜日本の歳時記〜「なまはげ」
  • By: 講談社
  • Narrated by: Robert Mullen
  • Length: 1 min

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Namahage is a folk custom. You can find it on the Oga Peninsula in Akita Prefecture. なまはげとは民俗行事で、秋田県の男鹿半島で見られます。
なまはげとは、怠け者をこらしめるために神から遣わされた、恐ろしい顔をした鬼のことです。
大晦日の晩、青年たちが鬼の面をつけ、「親の言うこど聞がね子はいねがー（親の言うことを聞かない子はいないか？）」などと叫びながら、家々を訪ねます。
見つかると連れていかれてしまうため、子どもたちはなまはげが訪れると隠れます。
このようなことから、言うことを聞かない子どもには「なまはげが来るぞ」とおどして、言うことを聞かせることもあります。
子どもにとっては恐ろしいなまはげも、災いをはらい、豊作や豊漁をもたらす神の使者と考えられているため、なまはげが訪れた家では、酒や料理をふるまってていねいにもてなします。
©2017 KODANSHA　
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