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| There are several ways of chanting the lyrics in
Kumiodori. With the narrator chanting in a constant pitch as its
basis, there are times when chanting close to realistic tones are
included, which expresses the lyrics that are original to Kumiodori.
Narrations called "Ma no mono," or "Marumun" in the Okinawan dialect,
in which the local narrator of the performing stage chants the lyrics,
momentarily unraveling the tension of Kumiodori, which attaches
great importance to formality, or serves the role of introducing
a turn in the story, is also characteristic of Kumiodori. The Ryukyuan
dialect and ancient language are used in the lyrics and chanted
in a peculiar intonation, different from the lyrics of today. In
other words, it can be said that it is between the restrained narration
of Noh and the realistic and formalized narration of Kabuki. |
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