This is a performance by the Matsuri Daiko group that took place in early 2007. The performance was played on the local cable TV stations in the Chicago area.
This is a video of Rinken Band from Okinawa. This performance was on September 1st 2007 in Honolulu Hawaii. This band sings Okinawan songs and is extremely popular with Okinawan music fans.
This was the show from the closing ceremonies.
These are some performances by the Chicago Okinawa Kenjinkai during the 2006 Japan festival in Arlington Heights Illinois.
I took this video in Hawaii when I attended the Okinawa Festival on August 31st 2007.
Chiramana Live in Hawaii 31 August 2007 at the 25th annual Okinawa Festival.
Okinawan Minyo is a popular style of music in Japan. Basically stated the minyo songs are songs of the common island people who inhabit the Ryukyu island chain. Many of the Odori style dances that accompany these songs include Okinawan karate movements. This was the way the okinawans hid the art of Karate from the Japanese when Japan invaded Okinawa and forbid any form of martial arts. This film was not taken by me but I decided to use it because of the great karate movements included in the dance performed by one of the customers to the bar that night.
This is a clip from Japan showing some of the world heritage sites.
This is a recording of the Chicago Matsuri Daiko Performing at the Chicago White Sox Game on August 11th 2007.
This is a video I shot of the 2007 Okinawa Festival's Opening Ceremony. This took place on August 31st 2007 in Waikiki Hawaii. There is a bunch of introductions and then three very good performances. The acts were Sonny Chin and Halau Na Mamo O Pu'Uanahuhu, Theresa Bright, and Churamana.
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