About 20 years ago, an Okinawa-born dancer Akiko Hawkins came to Australia as a working holiday maker. After travelling around the country, she settled in the city of Perth which she had never ...

With the introduction of the solar calendar in modern Japan, Lunar New Year celebrations have lost its place as a major event ...

As a result, many islanders tended not to perform Okinawan songs and dance in the public through the 1970s out of fear of discrimination, according to Kaoru Kanagusuku-Kinjo, a researcher who ...

The Eisa dance, as it is called, is an ancient Okinawan tradition unique to the culture. Its purpose is for the Okinawan people to pay respect to their ancestors through folk dance. This has ...