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Phallic processions, or Penis Parade,〔Tim Younger (THE PENIS PARADE or A TALE OF A TAIL )〕 called ''phallika'' in ancient Greece, were a common feature of Dionysiac celebrations; they were processions that advanced to a cult center, and were characterized by obscenities and verbal abuse.〔(Dunkle, Roger ) ''(The origins of comedy )'' in ''Introduction to Greek and Roman Comedy''〕 The display of a fetishized phallus was a common feature.〔Pickard-Cambridge 1962, 144–62〕〔Reckford 1987, 443–67〕 In a famous passage in chapter 3.3 of the ''Poetics'', Aristotle formulated the hypothesis that the earliest forms of comedy originated and evolved from "those who lead off the phallic processions", which were still common in many towns at his time.〔〔''Poetics'', 1449a10-13 quotation: 〕〔Mastromarco, Giuseppe: (1994) ''Introduzione a Aristofane'' (Sesta edizione: Roma-Bari 2004). ISBN 88-420-4448-2 p.3〕 The city of Tyrnavos in Greece holds an annual Phallus festival, a traditional phallophoric event on the first days of Lent.〔(''The Annual Phallus Festival in Greece'' ), Der Spiegel, English edition, Retrieved on 15-12-08〕 In August 2000, to promote a representation of Aristophanes' ''The Clouds'', a traditional Greek phallic procession had been organized, with a long phallus paraded by the cast with the accompaniment of Balkan music; the phallic device was banned by the staff of the Edinburgh Festival. Similar parades of Shinto origin have long been carried out in Japan. Although the practice has been mostly eradicated in Japan, a few, such as Kawasaki's Kanamara Matsuri and Komaki's Hōnen Matsuri continue to this day. ==See also== *Hōnen Matsuri *Kanamara Matsuri *Phallus *Saint Ubaldo Day *Tyrnavos *Fertility rite *Liberalia (Roman festival) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Phallic processions」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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