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| F-1. | Nagare and Age
Groups in Hakata Hakata has a townsmen's group called Nagare which acts as the central body of social life and festivals. Within Nagare, there are smaller groups made according to age. |
| F-2. | Co-operation among Townsmen Townsmen who normally pursue their individual life get together in one for Yamakasa Festibval and act as members of Nagare. |
| F-3. | Oiyama Hakata Gion Yamakasa is Hakata's biggest festival and goes into climax at Oiyama held on the early morning of July 15. |
| F-4. | Yamakasa Votive
Pictures of villagers and Coast Inhabitants Villagers and coast inhabitants after participating in Yamakasa as supporters would offer the shrine Yamakasa Votive Pictures in commemoration of their participation. |
| F-5. | Matsubayashi
and Dontaku New Year's event of Hakata that started in medieval times, but is presently called Dontaku, which has become a festival in which a great number of people participate. |
| F-6. | Townsmen's Occupation Towns in the Meiji Period had lines of various shops. Ornaments called Mitake Zaiku displayed at the front of shops attracted villagers and coast inhabitants to towns. |
| F-7. | Life and Rituals in Towns Important rituals held in towns were more frequent and gorgeous, which started to influence villages and fishing villages to have the same rituals. |
| F-8. | Townsmen's Belief Belife in Ebisu God was very strong in towns, praying for business prosperity. |
| F-9. | Gifts Gifts were given in annual events and for the important rituals in life. More frequent in towns compared with villages and fishing villages. |
| F-10. | Kyorakusha Theater It was a great enjoyment for villagers and coast inhabitants to go to theater in the town. |
 
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