Owara Kaze no Bon Festival, calm the wind spirit

On September 1st - 3rd in Yatsuo, Toyama city, there is Traditional Festival of local folks to appease typhoon so it don't get ruin harvest time called Owara Kaze no Bon (Bon Dance of the Wind). A group 60-100 of young men and women, which still unmarried, dance all-night.

Every dancer hide their face with straw hat. There is believe that they need it to hide from the wrath of god. As it means to appease calamity, the music supposed to be (in what i can say is) have "mystical" theme with much of high tone that come from the singer. Here you can watch yourself the festival dance that i found in youtube.

(youtube courtesy)