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From the Rising Sun Kagome Kagome the game-Filastrocca in a circle.
Kagome Kagome, is a game whose pivot is linked to a traditional sung nursery rhyme, of the children of the land of the Rising Sun.
Children in circle choose who will interpret the O ni , a sort of ogre that will be blindfolded and seated in the center of the circle. The other players sing the Kagome Kagome nursery rhyme holding hands and walking in the circle around the il.
At the end of the song, the Oni will have to guess who is behind him and catch him.
The nursery rhyme was the subject of great interest due to its mysterious text which is without punctuation and reads as follows:
Japanese characters Romaji
かごめかごめ 籠の中の鳥はKagome Kagome / Kago No Naka No Tori Wa
いついつ出やる 夜明けの晩にItsu Itsu deyaru / Yoake no ban ni
鶴と亀が滑ったtsuru to kame ga subetta.
後ろの正面だあれUshiro No Shoumen Daare
The most common interpretation is:
Kagome Kagome The bird is in the cage,
When, oh when will come out?
In the night of dawn
The crane and turtle slip
Who is in front of the back?
There are many legends that are told to the point of having generated curiosity in writers and especially horror directors.
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