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This Time in History In these videos, find out what happened this month (or any month!) in history. He worshipped at the Zao Gongen (the present Mitake Shrine in Nishimonai), and made the villagers perform a dance in the temple grounds to pray for a good.#WTFact Videos In #WTFact Britannica shares some of the most bizarre facts we can find.Festivities at the Waipahu Hongwanji will start at 6 p.m. Everyone is welcome to join the bon dance, but spectating is fine, too. HONOLULU (KHON2) The summer bon dance season continues this Saturday in Waipahu. The lanterns light the way the festive music and dancing lay to rest any doubts among the spirits. Demystified Videos In Demystified, Britannica has all the answers to your burning questions. What’s a bon dance The festivals evolved in Japan as a way to assure departed souls that all is well among the living.Britannica Explains In these videos, Britannica explains a variety of topics and answers frequently asked questions.Britannica Classics Check out these retro videos from Encyclopedia Britannica’s archives.This segment aired on The Conversation on July 22, 2021.

Anyone can join in the dances which are held in parks, temples, and other public places around Japan. Dancers perform on a yagura stage and participants wear light cotton kimonos.
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Last year, HPR featured a high school winner, Summer Royal, from ʻIolani School for her project on female astronauts breaking barriers.Ĭlick the "Listen" button to hear Tinkham's full interview and an excerpt from her project. The style of the traditional Bon Odori dance varies from region to region but it is normally based around the rhythms of Japanese taiko drums. The contest is one that Hawaiʻi students do well in. In her division, Tinkham was the first student from Hawaiʻi to win first place, competing against 100 students from the U.S., China, Korea, Malaysia and Singapore. But since people immigrated to Hawaiʻi, and they came from all over Japan, Hawaiʻi got this blend of cultures so they could do all the bon dances." "In Japan, every region has their own bon dance and they do that dance over and over. "Every motion in the bon dance means something, so I was able to understand it for the very first time," Tinkham told Hawaiʻi Public Radio. This time of the year does happen to be Bon Dance festival season, though some communities have turned to virtual events due to the pandemic. Other articles where bon odori is discussed: Japanese music: Biwa, vocal, and folk music: folk dances are the summer bon odori, traditionally performed in. So I thought of the Bon Dance, which is the Japanese summer festival tradition." "I wanted to do something that focused on my cultural heritage because that was the whole reason why I wanted to do History Day. "Every year for National History Day, they have a theme and the theme this year was 'Communication in History,'" she said. Her entry, "The Rhythm of Resilience: Communication through the Bon Dance," took her on a journey of discovery of her Japanese roots through song, dance and drums. They were addressed to Lāʻie Elementary School sixth grader Keilani Kajiyama Tinkham for winning the top prize in the 2021 National History Day National Contest.

This is the climax of the summer festival. This is said to imitate the dead's dancing with joy at escaping the sufferings of hell. A $1,000 check, a certificate, and a medal arrived in the mailbox of the Tinkham family on Oʻahu this week. On the evening of the 16th, the day after the Bon festival, men and women of all ages get together in the precincts of a shrine and dance the Bon Odori.
