Culture & arts・Amakusa

Ushibuka Haiya-bushiUshibuka Haiya-bushi

Also known as: 牛深ハイヤ節・ハイヤ節

A folk song said to have originated in Ushibuka port. Tradition holds that women of Ushibuka began singing it in the Edo period to entertain sailors waiting out unfavorable winds or storms.

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