ZAIDO


  • Photographer
    YUKARI CHIKURA
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention
  • Date of Photograph
    2015

This project is preservation of the 1300-year-old Japanese ritual festivity “Zaido.” Following a series of tragedies including my father’s sudden death, my own critical accident and the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, I recalls how my father came to my in a dream with the words: “Go to the village hidden deep in the snow where I lived.” And so I set off on a restorative pilgrimage to northeast Japan (the first of numerous journeys), which resulted in this project. I arrived at the village, surreally silver in the snow and mist, and there discovered Zaido, where inhabitants from different villages gather each new year and conduct a ritual dance. The performers dedicate their sacred dance to the gods and undergo severe purifications.I depicts the cultural diversity of the participants as well as their common bond in creating collective memory and ensuring the survival of this ritual.

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