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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiko

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http://www.japan-talk.com/jt/new/niihama-taiko-festival

2017 Niihama Taiko Festival
        posted by John Spacey, March 11, 2015

Niihama is a quiet seaside town on Shikoku Island that 
offers a chaotic and energy charged harvest festival in 
October, the Niihama Taiko Festival.
The festival is a parade of floats shaped like gigantic 
taiko drums by 47 neighborhood teams. The floats weight 
over 2 tons and cost around 10 million yen. Each float is 
carried by a team of men and boys as young as 16. The 
locals sometimes refer to the festival as the Otoko Matsuri, 
literally the "Men's Festival".
The highlight of the festival are displays of float "fighting" 
that involves throwing the floats in the air and other 
feats of strength with the floats. The goal is to show 
off the energetic spirit of each neighborhood. These 
demonstrations sometimes result in floats purposely ramming 
each other to try to tip the opposing float into the crowd. 
Large scuffles between teams have also broken out in the past.
The float fighting attracts large, incredibly dense and 
wild crowds driven by sake and the loud beating of taiko 
drums. It's the type of festival where police show up in riot gear.

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http://www.taiko.com/taiko_resource/taiko.html

There is a vast variety of taiko drums that are used in Japan. 
Some have been based on drums imported from other cultures, 
and some have been developed natively. Some have tacked heads, 
others have head that are laced to the body. There are ornate 
taiko used in gagaku (imperial court music) and rustic drums 
for folk music. In short, there is a rich and diverse tradition 
of percussion in Japan. This page will give you an overview of 
the various taiko types. Also take a look at the Taiko Glossary 
for detailed descriptions of the various taiko as well as 
Japanese non-percussion instruments.

"Taiko" in general is often used to mean the relatively modern 
art of Japanese drum performances (kumi-daiko), but the word 
actually refers to the taiko drums themselves. Literally, taiko 
means "big/fat drum," although there are many shapes and sizes 
of taiko. People are sometimes confused by the frequent usage 
of the word "daiko", which is a suffix used to indicate a type 
of drum, a taiko group, or a style of taiko playing in a 
compound word. When used in a compound word, the "T" sound 
in "taiko" changes to a "D" sound. Thus, a taiko in the 
nagado style is a nagado-daiko, for example.

Although traditionally, taiko have been used in very specific 
ways and in certain combinations of instruments, modern 
kumi-daiko groups do not suffer such restrictions. Taiko 
selection is based on the style of taiko music you are playing 
as well as personal style. However, the nagado-daiko is 
overwhelmingly the most common style of taiko used. Most 
taiko groups will also have one or more shime-daiko as well. 
Other taiko styles such as hira-daiko, oke-daiko are also freely used.

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http://www.taiko.com/taiko_resource/history/glossary.html
Glossary of Taiko terms.
The Taiko Glossary contains detailed descriptions of virtually 
every style of taiko, as well as many other instruments and 
terms related to taiko drumming.

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