美保神社・月首祭「八乙女の舞（巫女舞）」NIHO-JINJA Shrine "Yaotomenomai（Mikomai）"

2022年9月1日収録
Shot on the Nikon Z 9 with the NIKKOR Z 24-120mm F4 S

Mikomai (written in Japanese kanji characters either as 巫女舞 or 神子舞) is a type of dance performed by miko (shrine maidens) in a Kagura performance (a sacred music and dancing performance dedicated to the Shinto gods).

Yaotome refers to 8 female shrine media called miko who serve gods mainly by performing sacred music and performing a dance called kagura (also known as Miko kagura - dances by shrine maidens) and mikomai (female Shinto dance where the young girls each carry a small baton with bells).

In Shintoism, a shrine maiden has a mikosuzu (medium bell) on her hand and rings it when she dances kagura (sacred music and dancing performed at shrines).