Chagu Chagu Umakko (チャグチャグ馬コ) is a horse festivalinIwate Prefecture, Japan. Held on the second Saturday in June, approximately one hundred horses with colourful fittings and bells parade depart from Onikoshi Sozen Shrine(ja) in Takizawato[Morioka Hachiman-gū.[1] The term chagu-chagu is an onomatopoeic expression for the sound made by the horses' bells.[2] In 1978 the festival was recorded as an Intangible Folk Cultural Property.[3] In 1996 the sound of the bells of the Chagu Chagu Umakko was selected by the Ministry of the Environment as one of the 100 Soundscapes of Japan.[4]
(in Japanese) Chagu Chagu Umakko
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