Sanshinkai Okinawa, has it's own distinctive folk music tradition the Eisa dance of the late summer Buddhist ancestral festival sees scores of young Okinawans procesing joyfully through the streets.
Folk Songs
Yonaguni No Mayagwa
Asadoya yunta
Amparu nu Midagama
Hatoma Bushi
Ayagu
Chon chon Kijimuna
Eisa Suite
Chunjun nagari - Umiyakara - Itchubigwa - Katami Bushi - Toshindoi
SOAS, University of London. Eisa dance suite (learned from Sonda team): Chunjun Nagari; Umiyakara (<1’32”); Itchubigwa (<3’09”); transition to Katami Bushi (4’30”); continues (no video) and ends with Toshindoi.
dh6dh6 1 year ago
good performance! i've seen this dance when i was in hana, okinawa last summer(a certain park with cave, dolphin show and snake demo)
vfranad 3 years ago