かっぽれ

noun

kappore (traditional Japanese comic dance)

A lively, humorous folk dance often performed at festivals and celebrations, with exaggerated gestures and comical movements.

• 祭まつりでかっぽれを踊おどる人ひとたちを見みた。

  I saw people dancing the kappore at the festival.

• かっぽれは江え戸ど時じ代だいから伝つたわる踊おどりだ。

  Kappore is a dance that has been passed down since the Edo period.