念ねん仏ぶつ踊おどり

noun

Buddhist incantation with chanting, drumming, and dancing

A traditional Japanese Buddhist practice combining the chanting of the nembutsu (念仏) with rhythmic drumming and dance. Also referred to as 踊り念仏.

See also: 踊り念仏

• 念ねん仏ぶつ踊おどりは、鎌かま倉くら時じ代だいに一いっ遍ぺん上しょう人にんによって広ひろめられたと言いわれている。

  It is said that the nembutsu dance was spread by the monk Ippen during the Kamakura period.