Crowdfunding for annual Naha tug-of-war underway as Covid pose financial challenges

Crowdfunding for annual Naha tug-of-war underway as Covid pose financial challenges

articipants of the 49th Naha-Tug-of-War crowding Route 58 in Kumoji, Naha City, during the evening of October 13, 2019. (Photographed by Keizo Shinzato)


January 24, 2022 Ryukyu Shimpo

By Naoki Isa

 

Through January 30, the Naha Giant Tug-of-War Preservation Society is raising funds for the 52nd Naha Tug-of-War event slated for October 9 on the crowdfunding website Makuake. The organization has struggled with the event operation as donations slowed down during the pandemic, adding to the higher-than-expected costs associated with discarding the previous giant rope which was replaced in 2020. As a thank-you gift for the donations, the preservation society will give away kari-ropes, or the reins of the giant rope, at the end of this year’s tug-of-war event.

 

The 2020 and 2021 Naha Tug-of-War events were canceled as a precaution against Covid-19. The preservation association is asking for the public’s cooperation in ensuring the event is held in 2022. To find out more about the crowdfunding initiative, search the phrases “Naha Tug of War” and “Makuake” online.

 

(English translation by T&CT and Monica Shingaki)

 

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