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	<title>Ukwanshin Kabudan 御冠船歌舞団</title>
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	<description>Fostering goodwill and peace through sharing the music and dances of Ruuchuu</description>
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		<title>Las Vegas &#8220;Kariyushi&#8221; Okinawan Cultural Workshop Brings Vegas Okinawans to Vibrant Start</title>
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Ukwanshin Kabudan presented its first workshop, and Okinawan Cultural Celebration &#8220;Kariyushi&#8221; at the JACL Center.  It was one of the biggest events for both the fledgeling Okinawa Kenjin Kai and JACL.  A standing room crowd of about 200 filled the room as presentation of Okinawan intsruments, music and dances were given, in conjunction with examples [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ukwanshin.org/blog/?p=920</link>
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		<title>Vegas &#8220;Kariyushi&#8221; Event by Ukwanshin Kabudan Sold Out!!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Okinawa cultural workshop, music concert, and first Okinawa bon dance for the Vegas Okinawa Kenjin Kai, has sold out almost a month away from the actual date of the event.  Event coordinators in Vegas were very pleasantly surprised and have said that they are still getting requests to attend.
Entitled &#8220;Kariyushi&#8221; Celebrating Our Culture, the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ukwanshin.org/blog/?p=832</link>
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		<title>Hawi, Kohala Obon Matsuri : Times Past</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  Kohala&#8217;s Hawi obon dance was a slip back in time.  The historical temple stood as the main guardian over the festivities, as the misty rain subsided and the music began.  We were all surprised at the prices in the food booth.  Made with loving care and donated, it was a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ukwanshin.org/blog/?p=830</link>
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		<title>Obon Season Brings On Busy Schedule and Ending With First Obon With Vegas Okinawa Club</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re off to a busy summer season, helping out the Young Okinawans of Hawaii with eisaa, bon dances in Honolulu.  Also on the schedule is Lahaina Maui, Rinzai Zen Mission Paia, Maui with the Maui Ryukyu Culture Group, Hawi Jodo Mission with the Kohala and Kona Okinawa clubs, and ending in August with a workshop, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ukwanshin.org/blog/?p=799</link>
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		<title>Maui Okinawa Children&#8217;s Day Camp Gives Children  a Taste of Culture</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From June 1-4, the Maui Okinawa Kenjin Kai held its annual Okinawa Children&#8217;s Day Camp at the Maui Okinawa Center. &#8220;Warabincha&#8221;, children, were treated to an array of activities which helped them to learn about Okinawan and Japanese culture.  Many of the things the chhildren got involved with, were hands on, and which allowed the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ukwanshin.org/blog/?p=793</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Danju Kariyushi&#8221; Brings Audience to Their Feet With Nostalgia, History, Connection.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Danju Kariyushi&#8221; played to a sold out audience that experienced laughter, tears, nostalgia, history, and connection to identity. Stories that many had heard in bits and pieces unfolded on stage and connected pieces that brought closure to some and enabled others to fit in the missing pieces to understand stories they had heard before.
Short clips [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ukwanshin.org/blog/?p=778</link>
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		<title>From the Hi-Life Section of the Honolulu Star Bulletin</title>
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Window to the past
A play and concert, &#8220;Danju Kariyushi&#8221; aims to reconnect Okinawans to their own history
By John Berger 

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, May 28, 2010

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It&#8217;s happened to almost every American family whose roots extend back to another nation: The first generation arrives fluent in their ancestral language [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ukwanshin.org/blog/?p=776</link>
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		<title>&#8221; Danju Kariyushi&#8221; May 29th, 7pm, LCC Theater  SOLD OUT!! MAHALO!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ “Preserving Identity Through    Music, Dance, &#38; Stage”
Come with us on this historical, musical journey of our roots.
Have you ever wondered about the sugar cane fields that once spread over the Ewa plains and throughout the countryside?  What happened to them and the people who worked there?  What experiences did our first generation immigrants [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ukwanshin.org/blog/?p=764</link>
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		<title>Shiimi: A Time To Reconnect and Remember Our Roots</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The season of Shiimi begins on April 5th this year.  Usually lasting from a week or two, families gather at gravesites or tombs to pay respects to the ancestors by offering food, incense, and burning paper money.  For many in Okinawa, it takes up almost the whole day, and looks like a family picnic at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ukwanshin.org/blog/?p=741</link>
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		<title>Kohala Okinawa Club Celebrates Shinenenkai and Relief After Tsunami All Clear</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It was an eventful day, beginning with stress, worry and unsettling anticipation as all hawai`i awaited the arrival of the predicted Tsunami which was created from the 9.0 earthquake in Chile.  Almost everyone in Hawai`i was alerted and shaken from sleep at 6am, with sirens that was the first real alert of the pending danger [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ukwanshin.org/blog/?p=709</link>
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