Naha City
584th Museum Culture Lecture “Historical and Folklore Research on Monchu in Okinawa”
- Lecture / Seminar
- Real-life event
Schedule
2026.03.21（土）
Open：13:30 Start：14:00 End：16:00
Venue
Okinawa Prefectural Museum and Art Museum Auditorium 〒900-0006 3-1-1 Omoromachi, Naha City, Okinawa Prefecture
Charge
Admission fee free (No advance registration required)
Contents
Lecturer: Tetsuro Denda (Professor, Faculty of Science, University of the Ryukyus)
In Okinawa, various ancestral rituals are performed depending on the group. Many families gather at graves during the Qingming season, and there are monchū where over 100 people gather, and there are also monchū that enshrines ancestors who are far from Yambaru and remote islands. We will organize modern monchu that perform ancestral rituals by different methods for each of the warrior family, Yatori, and peasant lineage, and examine “what is Okinawan monchu” through their history and folklore.
Capacity：First 200 people on the day
Intended audience：Middle school students and above