Kagura is an artistic expression of the Shinto religion. In Japanese, the term is written with two ideograms, suggesting the concepts of “God(s)” and “Entertainment”. (London theatre blog)
We're in the process of rebranding the Fun Fed. We're doing some deep soul searching about what we're actually about.
I think we're very different to Shinto and Kagura. We're participatory not performative, playful not perfectionist. But there's a thread of connection.
Before, (before before), entertainment, spirituality, and healing were not separate. Now they're largely separate in the UK.
Kagura brings together "God" and "Entertainment". I wonder if we somehow do that too.
Wikipedia says that the Shinto, or 'kami-no-michi', concept of God is fairly animist:
"Kami are defined in English as "spirit", "essence" or "deities", that are associated with many understood formats; in some cases being human like, some animistic, others associated with more abstract "natural" forces in the world (mountains, rivers, lightning, wind, waves, trees, rocks). It may be best thought of as "sacred" elements and energies. Kami and people are not separate, they exist within the same world and share its interrelated complexity.[2]"
Hummmm.
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