Documentary on the On-Matsuri festival, a Shinto ritual honoring the agrarian god Wakamiya, held each year since 1136 on December 17, at the Kasuga Shrine of Nara, Japan. Performances of the traditional arts include the Ceremony Under the Pine, the Noh p lay " Okina ," a 10th-century Japanese Dengaku dance, and Chinese and Korean Bugaku dances.