Evangelion does So-ranbushi

At first I was under the impression that this was a local dance the school kids did at sports day and other events. Then I learned it was a national thing. And now I find that giant robots do it too.
[hat tip to Bret for the find]

5 comments - What do you think? Posted by Claytonian - April 3, 2008 at 7:10 pm

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Ryry

He’s got my vote.
Bad Wolf

I do believe this is derived from the Sapporo Yosakoi Matsuri. I remember my daughter doing this for the first time at one of her school festivals when she was in about 5th or 6th grade, which would be about 10 years ago.
anna

wow that was amazing.
kay

soran bushi is like a traditional dance from japan, that’s from hokkaido ( so perhaps sapporo, but maybe even more rurual)… it’s a fisherman’s dance.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C5%8Dran_Bushi
CitizenGeek

Wow, that’s very cool! Must’ve taken an age to do, though!

Evangelion does So-ranbushi

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