Art & Culture | Southern Wave Okinawan Music and Dance Society

At Nikkei Matsuri 2022

Our member's group photo at Nikkei Centre

Dancers in Okinawan traditional "grandpa & grandma" masks

Sanshin, Okinawan traditional three-stringed banjo performance

At Nikkei Matsuri 2022

Our member's group photo at Nikkei Centre

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Marina Watabe

Annual Sanshin Day 2022

First Sanshin Workshop in Canada On March 4th, 2022, Southern Wave organized Annual Sanshin Day at Nikkei National Museum and Cultural...

Marina Watabe

Kajadihuu Bushi - The Okinawan New Year

Happy Lunar New Year! How do you celebrate the new year in your culture? While Western countries spend only a couple of days, many Asian...

Marina Watabe

Tancha Mē - Fishing Culture of Okinawa

Tancha Mē Bushi is a bright, joyful, and lively folksong. It is used in a popular folkdance Tancha Mē. In the dance, a pair of a man and...

Marina Watabe

Shima Uta - Remembering the Battle of Okinawa

The song Shima Uta has been loved by Okinawan and Japanese communities inside and outside Japan ever since it was released in 1993 by a...

Marina Watabe

Okinawan Music & Dance - Art for Resilience

Brief history of Okinawa and the role of music and dance in Okinawan people's lives.

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