• Shishi-mai ( Lion Dance )
  • Shishi is commonly known as a talisman in Japan. It walks around in a village to drive away diseases and disasters.
  • Classical Eisa
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• Ryu-mai ( Dragon Dance )
  • In China and some countries in Asia people perform dragon dances to pray for rain and a rich harvest. They say a dragon flying high above is a symbol of “longevity” and “prosperity,” and it brings us “happiness” and “good luck.”
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• Me-nu-hama ( The Beach )
  • A song praising nature. We praise the grand nature in Canada.
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• Watarizo-Tachiutushi
  • In old times Okinawa was called the Ryukyu Kingdom. This classical music, handed down from the Ryukyu Period, expresses good fortune and joy. This is a rare, instrumental piece of music with no vocals. It is played on New Years Day, at wedding ceremonies and during other celebrations.
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• Asadoya-yunta ( Song of Ms. Asadoya )
  • This famous, friendly song is widely known not only in Okinawa but throughout Japan. Its original story is this: A man in power in the Japan mainland ruled Okinawa, and one day he tried to own a pretty girl in Okinawa. However, she refused him.
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• Tenyo-bushi ( Song of Tenyo )
  • A festival song expressing joy for a rich harvest.
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• Toshin-doi ( Song of Arrival of Chainese Ships )
  • In the Ryukyu Period people traded with different countries in Asia. They sometimes visited Asian countries in ships, got various goods, and returned to Ryukyu with a lot of treasure. It was a great event, and people celebrated it with this song.
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• “Snow Crossing” by Mr. Kenji Miyazawa
  • Director and Dramatizer : Yoko Matsui Music : Gaku Matsui
  • The last year’ Eisa performance “Snow Crossing” contained the moral that we should accept people different from us. A member of the audience said, “In order to protest against discrimination, the message from “Snow Crossing” promotes an attitude of tolerance.”
  • We ll perform for you “Terrible Lies” and “Foxes’ Show.”
  • The story says that adults belive foxes deceive humans, but actually children are free from such a judgment. They are OK even among foxes.
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• Terrible Lies
• Foxes’ Show
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• A Lullaby in Takeda
  • In olden times families who were poverty-stricken and discriminated against sent their children of 4 or 5 years old to upper class homes to nurse and foster infants who were much younger. This reduced hardships for their own families. These poor young children now reflect on their injustice.
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• Mirukumunari
  • Music by Hidekatsu
  • A song for a rich harvest. In Okinawa this song “Mirukumunari” is very popular among many people from little kids to the elderly. It is arranged into a rock style performance.
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• “Kazeno-Matasaburo” by Mr. Kenji Miyazawa
  • Director and Dramatizer : Yoko Matsui Music : Gaku Matsui
  • We humans breathe and give off carbon dioxide. Then, trees and forests absorb it and transform it into oxygen and give it back. However, cars and factories use a lot of gas, and forests have been devastated. Overtime, the amount of carbon dioxide has been increasing and the balance in the atmosphere has been lost. In Japan, a resulting cause of this imbalance the sea water temperature increased, and Japan experienced heavy local rains like never before. It caused flooding of rivers and landslides, and consequently houses were swept away with many people missing or dead. These are serious disasters caused by global warming.
  • We believe we need to know more about weather.
  • Kenji Miyazawa gives us some suggestions in his work “Kazeno- Matasaburo” about what we should be careful about, what we can do, and how we can think it out.
  • We are grateful if you think about global warming with us.
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• Doh-Do-Do Do-Doh
• A Strange, Red-haired Boy
• Una-dare-da ( Who are you? )
• So, I Like Hawks
• Cycle Holes
• Anemometers
• A Trick of the Wind
• Wind Shouldn’ Appear in the World
• A Song of Great Circulation
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• Flowers will bloom
  • It was six years and a half ago that people’s lives were uprooted and destroyed by a great tsunami and the Fukushima nuclear power accident.
  • For this situation the song “Flowers Will Bloom” was produced. We shall now sing the song as an encore.

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