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祭りの概要

Katsuyama Kenka Danjiri is a powerful festival that Danjiri carts (large wooden carts in the shape of a shrine with elaborate carvings and lanterns), weigh over 2 tons, clash with each other.
It has started since Edo period, but it had not been fierce like the contemporary Kenka Danjiri until late Meiji era. The festival was handed down over 160 years as it changed its style gradually.

In the daytime, portable shrines followed by eleven Danjiris parade through the city. There is no clash at the time but the view that all portable shrines and Danjiris gathered together is truly magnificent.

In late afternoon "Kenka (fighting) Danjiri" starts, and nine Danjiiris clash at four rings. Each ring has 5 to 10 matches, and two Danjiris fiercely clash with each other again and again in a two minute match. There is no official victory or defeat, so participants judge the result by themselves.

Katsuyama town is usually calm, but during these festival days the whole town is filled with excitement, and the youth get extremely excited. You will get a thrill when you feel a rumbling of the ground by Danjiri clash.

重さ２トンを超えるだんじりが、激しくぶつかり合う迫力のある祭り。
江戸時代から続く祭りであるが、現在のように激しい喧嘩だんじりを行うようになったのは明治時代後期からであり、少しずつ姿を変えながらも１６０年以上の伝統が引き継がれている。

昼間は神輿が１１台のだんじりを率いて神詣を行う「御祭礼（ごさいれい）」が行われる。この時はだんじりのぶつかり合いはないが、神輿とだんじりが一堂に集まり、練り歩く姿は荘厳で見ごたえがある。

夕方からは４つの喧嘩場で９台のだんじりがぶつかり合う、「喧嘩だんじり」が行われる。１つの喧嘩場で５回から１０回の喧嘩が行われ、１回の対戦は１０分、対面した２つのだんじりが正面から何度も勢いよくぶつかり合う。正式な勝敗はないものの、勝ち、負け、互角を自分たちで評価する。

祭りの2日間は普段は静かな町も熱気に包まれ、勝山の若者も１年で一番熱くなるが、だんじりがぶつかり合う音や振動を感じ、観客も興奮をあじわうことができる。

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