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Japanese Cultural Celebrations

Many of the activities shown here are centuries old depicting celebrations of life, harvest, and sometimes death.
Japanese Chamber of Commerce Celebrations, Honolulu Festivals, Okinawan Festivals and Obon Dances are all represented here.
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Taiko
Taiko		 Taiko
Taiko		 Taiko
Taiko		 Mochi Rice Pounding
Mochi Rice Pounding		 Miniature Sushi
Miniature Sushi
Obon Festival
Obon Festival		 Obon dancers circle in unison
Obon dancers circle in unison		 Enjoying the rhythm
Enjoying the rhythm		 Joy
Joy		 Obon
Obon
Chanoyu, Tea Ceremony
Chanoyu, Tea Ceremony		 Lion dancers
Lion dancers		 Hands at work, Koto
Hands at work, Koto		 Koto players
Koto players		 Koto
Koto
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Selvin Chance 12-Mar-2006 08:33
Jeremy,
The photos are taken from several different cultural events during the year.
One of the main cultural events, "The Honolulu Festival" is taking place this week. Each year thousands of Japanese performers gather in Honolulu to showcase their skills in a wide variety of Japanese arts. The official site is at www.honolulufestival.com
Cheers and thanks for visiting.
Aloha
Jeremy 12-Mar-2006 06:31
Nice pictures. Is this ceremony held in Hawaii every year?
Ken Chambers 02-May-2005 17:28
Selvin,
A wonderful collection of photographs. As a follower of the Martial Arts, and a Photographer, I really enjoy looking at your galleries.
Very best wishes
Ken
Greymist
antidote3 22-Mar-2005 10:55
wow, almost like the fair dinkum festival in japan.....very impressive.
Surya 01-Sep-2004 13:06
Great celebration of cultural activities. Very colourful/interesting gallery.
Regards,
'Surya' from India
http://www.revatisurya.com
Anna Yu 09-Mar-2004 19:28
Wonderful colorful gallery Selvin. You are very very lucky to live there!
Jill 29-Feb-2004 05:20
Such traditional beauty that cannot be explained in few words. I find myself questioning each photograph while in awe.

Thank you for sharing such an event.
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