踊おどり念ねん仏ぶつ

noun

dancing nenbutsu; Buddhist incantation with dance and drum

A religious practice combining chanting of the nenbutsu (念仏) with rhythmic dancing and drumming, historically associated with figures like Ippen and the Ji sect.

• 踊おどり念ねん仏ぶつは、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。

  The dancing nenbutsu was spread by the monk Ippen during the Kamakura period.

• この寺てらでは、年ねんに一いち度ど、踊おどり念ねん仏ぶつの行ぎょう事じが行おこなわれる。

  At this temple, a dancing nenbutsu ceremony is held once a year.