Ginoza trainees report back on their cultural exchange findings

Ginoza trainees report back on their cultural exchange findings

Lania Shinzato Hinako (left) and Hibiki Yasutomi presenting during the 2017 World Ginozanchu Exchange Program Workshop on March 15 at the Ginoza Village Public Hall


 

March 11, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo

 

 

On March 15, the 2017 World Ginozanchu Exchange Program Presentation was held at the Ginoza Village Public Hall where approximately 80 people gathered. Hibiki Yasutomi, 27, and Lania Shinzato Hinako, 22, who traveled to South America and Hawaii as trainees reported on their findings.

 

 

The exchange program was established in 2006, making this the 12th gathering.

The trainees traveled to places where people from Ginoza Village emigrated to, such as Argentina, Peru, Brazil, and Hawaii.

The aim of the program is to establish and reaffirm one’s identity as Ginozanchu via cultural exchange with local emigrants from Ginoza Village or the second and third generations.

 

 

The training was approximately a month starting January 4.

Yasutomi said, “I was surprised at how Okinawan culture, such as the sanshin and shimakutsuba, had been passed on to the immigration destinations.”

Lania said, “I was impressed by the emigrants who established their own place in an unknown land.”

Village Mayor Atsushi Touma said, “The two trainees have a huge role, which is to pass on what they felt and learned abroad. I hope they apply what they’ve learned from their experiences to the future.”

 

 

 

(English translation by T&CT and Chelsea Ashimine)

 

 

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