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Hirosaki Neputa Matsuri is an annual summer festival of huge, paper lanterns. The extremely colorful paintings of the samurai on the lanterns light up the evening skies and the heavy beat of the huge taiko excite the audience and participants. You must come and see our float at the Grand Parade.
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Miyagi Univ. Kosuzume
[ Miyagi ]
Our group, Kosuzume, attends Miyagi University. We all love matsuri (festivals) and get together to dance the sparrow dance. It has been told that this dance was first performed in 1603 in Sendai at a banquet held in honor of the reconstruction of the castle. A stone mason from the current Sakai City in Osaka Prefecture did an impromptu dance in front of Masamune Date, the first lord of the Sendai Domain. The dance resembled that of a sparrow being fed and thus we have the name “suzume odori” (sparrow dance). Please enjoy our traditional suzume odori.
We are from Yonezawa City in Yamagata Prefecture. We enjoy the Hawaiian hula. We hope to understand the true meaning of aloha little by little through hula, Hawaii's traditional culture.
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Yonezawa Minyo Kenkyukai
[ Yamagata ]
Yonezawa, the castle town of Daimyo Uesugi, is known for its beautiful and distinct four seasons. Our group enjoys dancing to Japanese folk songs and enjoys promoting peace, good health and happiness. We will be performing two dances from songs from the popular Taiga Drama Series "Tenchijin". We will perform with all our might and hopefully be able to share goodwill with you.
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Kahula 'O Hawaii Yamagata School
[ Yamagata ]
Our school is based in Yamagata City and we perform at many events in our area. Members range from 3 years to 80 years of age. We enjoy hula and the strict practices that go along with it. We share our love of hula in each of our performances. We honor this important Hawaiian culture in each dance that we do.
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FCT No Tsubasa
[ Fukushima ]
We will be dancing Hawaii's traditional hula. Hula is very popular in Japan. We hope to promote cultural exchange through this graceful dance. We will be dancing with all our hearts and hope that you will cheer us on.
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