All things Okinawan
Loren Moreno (HonoluluAdvertiser.com): “New generations taste Okinawan culture”
Betty Shimabukuro (StarBulletin.com): “Sharing aloha”
View a larger image of the pic above over here—shot by Honolulu Advertiser’s Joaquin Siopack. (Plug: It’s of the minyou group I’m in called Nidaime Teishin Kai Hawaii Shibu. ;))
On Friday and Saturday night, the Ryukyu Bon Dance group led the Okinawan portion of the program at the Mililani Hongwanji Obon. Young and old enjoyed participating in a variety of lively Okinawan folk songs that concluded with two Uchina Pop numbers by the Rinken Band: “Jin Tu Bi Do” and “Shichi Gwachi Eisa.” Hope to see you next year!
Some members of the Ryukyu Bon Dance Group’s jikata
Derek, Richie, Bruce, and Scotty
i-O co-founders: Richie and Donna
Dancing the night away around the yagura
Neal S. Blaisdell Concert Hall
Originally uploaded by uzagaku.
A Flickr Set created for this past Saturday’s Kugani Nuuzi performance. And yeah, I’m semi-back to my regular blogging routine.
Afuso Ryu Gensei Kai ∼ Hawaii Shibu ∼ will be holding a performance entitled “Uta Sanshin Live - Di! Ashibana” at the McKinley High School (Honolulu, Hawaii) Auditorium on Sunday, June 25, 2006. Doors open at 1:30 p.m. with the concert time running from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. If you’re interested in purchasing tickets (the pre-sale price is US $15 with the at-the-door price putting you back 20 bones), email me at karakuipress[at]gmail[dot]com.
LJ blogger gekka_no_neko (who, btw, does awesome work on all things Gackt) recently posted an entry on the sites and sounds (oh, and the tasty food like Okinawa soba and sataa andaagii) of this year’s Cherry Blossom Festival in San Francisco. The parade featured a performance by the Northern California Okinawa Kenjinkai (pictured above) complete with shiisaa and eisaa drummers with musical accompaniment.
G_n_N also spotted an Okinawan store in Japantown called Akabanaa (pictured above) with a banner that reads: “The unique products from Okinawa. Coming Soon!” Cool!
[Nifee to gekka_no_neko for the story and pics! Link.]
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