Pan dance is a Japanese dance.

on July 17th, 219, at 6: 3 pm, the 11th "New Tria Airport Pot Dance Conference" (hereinafter referred to as the Pot Dance Activity or Activity) kicked off. As the iconic accompaniment "New Tricia Tone" sounded, the crowd began to dance to the beat of the music. People formed a circle, moved counterclockwise, kept dancing, clapping their hands and stepping on the spot with the rhythm, and the whole venue was filled with cheers.

during the event, the shops in the airport took the opportunity to launch promotional activities, such as Hokkaido products promotion, discounts on eating in bathrobes, beer gardens, etc. In addition, there are staff dressed as anime dolls marching in the venue, attracting many people to stop and watch. The airport basin dance has been held in the local area for more than ten years and is loved by the local people.

Bonodori, originally a ritual dance during the Bonobo Festival, has a long history. Every July and August, people gather in various towns and villages in Japan to dance in a circle. At first, the function of the basin dance was to worship the ancestors' spirits and let the living and the dead get together and dance together. Nowadays, the venue of the basin dance has moved from villages and communities to public spaces such as stations and airports, and its functions tend to be entertaining and leisure.

Characteristics of the basin dance activity:

The performers of the basin dance dance with the music with Japanese traditional characteristics, with gentle and graceful movements. In 218, the official website of the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee published the MV of "Tokyo Five Tones", and the music video highlighted the scene of Japanese people dancing in a basin to welcome the Olympic Games.

BOCOG wants to express the Japanese people's enthusiasm for welcoming the Olympic Games through the basin dance, and at the same time, it is also a publicity for this traditional culture at home and abroad. At the closing ceremony of the 22 Tokyo Olympic Games, basin dance was also presented to audiences all over the world as a representative art form of Japanese folk.

Pot dancing is popular in all parts of Japan, and in several areas, it is called "Three Pot Dances" in Japan because of its development history and influence. They are awa odori in Tokushima Prefecture, Nishimonai Pot Dance in Akita Prefecture (Nishimonai Pot Dance), and Hachiba Pot Dance in Gifu Prefecture (Hachiba Pot Dance).

Take the Nishimonai basin dance in Akita Prefecture as an example. Its origin is not clearly recorded. According to local word of mouth, the dance was originally created by a Buddhist monk in Zhengying period (1288-1293) in order to pray for the local harvest.