The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) and Goethe-Institut Philippinen will stage Magic Maids, a dance performance that ...

The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), and the Goethe-Institut Philippinen, proudly presents Magic Maids, a cultural ritual and dance performance interlacing the fear and oppression of women ...

The Okinawa Islands are the principal island group of the Okinawa Prefecture in Japan. The people, traditions, and culture are unique from their mainland counterparts. Their special rituals and ...

On Sept. 14, 1975, the sky above Osaka was cloudless. In the city’s Taisho Ward — home to many people from Okinawa Prefecture — the first-ever Eisa dance festival was held by a group of young ...

Those of us who live on Okinawa started to notice something going on back in early June. Perhaps it was the rhythmic beat of the drums in the cool evening air. On some occasions, maybe you heard the ...

OKINAWA CITY — The beat of the taiko drum resonates in Robert Siegrist’s soul. That’s why the Seattle native and former Marine was among about 30 Okinawans putting on the finishing touches to their ...

Eisa is a form of Okinawan dance usually performed to mark the end of the Obon period. Like all things Okinawan, it's been enthusiastically embraced by the rest of the country, and this Shinjuku ...

Eisa is a form of Okinawan dance usually performed to mark the end of the Obon period. Like all things Okinawan, it's been enthusiastically embraced by the rest of the country, and this Shinjuku ...

Members of a Sydney-based Okinawan dance group, Eisa Champroo. Yasue Taggart, the founder of the group (front centre) Source: Yasue Taggart Yasue Taggart started a Sydney-based Okinawan dance group ...

Those of us who live on Okinawa started to notice something going on back in early June. Perhaps it was the rhythmic beat of the drums in the cool evening air. On some occasions, maybe you heard the ...