| Title |
Performers dancing in a circle, hands uplifted, H106
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| Description |
Performers dancing in a circle, hands uplifted, at the school grounds in Shioya, Okinawa, celebrating the Festival for the Sea God (Umigami). Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "The girls dancing in a ring around the revelers who are milling about the flag moved into the dance arena. There was much shouting and flailing of the air with bamboo switches."
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| Extent |
1 photographic slide |
| Date |
1947-09-06 |
| Creator |
Simonson, Roy W.
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| Location |
Japan; Okinawa; Shioya |
| Subject(s) |
Festivals--Japan; Dance for women--Japan; Dance--Japan; Okinawa-ken (Japan)--Social life and customs; Ryukyuan folk dancing |
| Citation |
Box 1, H106 |
| Permanent Link |
https://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/99292
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| Rights |
http://vocab.lib.umd.edu/rightsStatement#InC-NC
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| Terms of Use |
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| Digital Collection(s) |
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