Ancestral Festival Dance
Bon Festival Dance, Bon Odori
noun
The ancestral festival dance is the ancestral festival dance, or bon festival dance.
盆踊り (bon odori) is a festival dance performed for Obon, a Buddhist event that honors the spirits of one's ancestors. In this dance, people often wear yukata and dance in circles around a central platform, moving in synchronized patterns. It's a fun time, be sure to attend one if you can!
The reading is 盆 plus 躍り put together into one word.
みんなが、私に一緒に盆踊りをやってみるようにしつこく言ってきたんです。
Everyone insisted that I try doing the Bon Festival dance with them.