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Showing posts with label Ritual. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ritual. Show all posts
Monday, May 22, 2017

Okinawan Folktale: The Origins of Shimakanka

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Not the Typical Love Story Shimakanka, is a ritual celebration held in some villages in the Ryukyu Island Chain. Last yea...
Sunday, October 9, 2016

Animation: Talking to Spirits and Tossing Some Too

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Portion of an Okinawan Ritual There are four ceremonies held, when building a home in Okinawa. Before any ground is broken, praye...
Friday, September 2, 2016

3 Types of Women Are Doing this Dance

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  Leading Is a Goddess     She wears the white robe of a Noro and, is considered the equivalent of a god. In local dialect, she...
Sunday, August 28, 2016

End of the Weekend Animation

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Great Cloud Cover Came By     This might not be the GIF of the week but, it will be hard to beat. Yesterday, in the norther...
Saturday, August 27, 2016

Animation (GIF) Unwired in the Hills of Okinawa

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Centuries Old Ritual     Late yesterday afternoon, found me up there, shooting a dance in the mountains. It's been abou...
Saturday, May 21, 2016

2016 Abushibare (畦払い) A Favorite Photo

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Everyone Praying     This photo was taken at 10:16AM on the beach at Yaka, Kin Town, Okinawa, Japan. It's a favorite, out...
Sunday, April 10, 2016

Travel Photo: A Ritual on Henza Island

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She's Preparing to Spear One of the Fish   A few hundred people were standing around this tent, hoping to see the action. P...
Thursday, September 3, 2015

Many Times I Take a Photo of a Photo

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Or Make an Image of a Sign     There's a method to this madness and, it usually involves research. Today, I'll show y...
Monday, July 6, 2015

Okinawan Folktale: Wise Old Water Buffalo

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Condensed Version of the Talking Buffalo     A peasant traveling Okinawa island stopped, to rest, at the top of a hill. ...
Friday, August 15, 2014

1st Birthday in Okinawa Japan

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Little Sammy Goes Through the Ritual     This custom, in Okinawa, is something unique to the Ryukyu Island Chain. It is a tra...
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Wednesday, July 2, 2014

A Quick Trip to an Outer Island

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Okinawa Island is over there under the blue skies. Today, we took a drive across a few bridges and visited Hamahiga-jima. It ...
Saturday, September 14, 2013

Within UNESCO Nakijin Castle: A Ritual Photo

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This is an image of a man preparing one of the sacred sites for an annual ritual. Today, I took the cameras and visited all of the l...
Sunday, April 28, 2013

Today on Kouri Jima Okinawa We Visited a Cave (Images)

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It was a bit of a squeeze, getting in there. But, there was lots of room inside. Candles and small fires lit the place....
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Sunday, April 14, 2013

Look at Some Characters and Faces from the Sanguacha (Images)

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Centuries Old Ritual Tradition   The Sanguacha is an event that takes place on Henza Island in Okinawa, Japan. Further research...
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