熊くま祭まつり

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

• 熊くま祭まつりはアイヌの伝でん統とう的てきな儀ぎ式しきです。

  The bear festival is a traditional Ainu ceremony.

• 北ほっ海かい道どうで熊くま祭まつりの再さい現げんを見けん学がくした。

  I observed a reenactment of the bear festival in Hokkaido.