ええじゃないか
1. carnival-like religious celebrations (e.g. dancing festivals) that occurred across Japan from June 1867 to May 1868; why not?Historical term
2. Ee ja nai kawas a complex of carnivalesque religious celebrations and communal activities which occurred in many parts of Japan from June 1867 to May 1868, at the end of the Edo period and the start of the Meiji restoration. In West Japan, it appeared at first in the form of dancing festivals, often related to public works, rain magic, or dances for the dead.
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