noun
Ainu bear-sacrifice festival; Iomante
Refers specifically to the Ainu ritual of sending a bear's spirit back to the divine world. Also known by the Ainu term イオマンテ.
See also: イオマンテ
熊祭りはアイヌの伝統的な儀式です。
The bear festival is a traditional Ainu ceremony.
北海道で熊祭りの再現を見学した。
I observed a reenactment of the bear festival in Hokkaido.
The Ainu term for the same ritual; 熊祭り is the Japanese name.
Compound of 熊 (くま, 'bear') and 祭り (まつり, 'festival'). The term is a Japanese description of the Ainu ritual.