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Okinawan Music & Dance and Ainu-Hip-Hop at CHARANKE MATSUI – Nov 3 & 4 in Tokyo

Mina Sakai and the Ainu Rebels will be performing at the CHARANKE MATSUI, a festival being held on Nov. 3 & 4 in Tokyo, at the Nakano Station's North Exit Square, in front of Nakano Sun Plaza.

All are Welcome! Admission is Free! Rain or Shine!

Congratulations to the Ainu Rebels on their one-year anniversary!! They have a great, soulful new video featuring their fresh Ainu-hip-hop fusion at their site. Their performance exudes a powerful sense of liberation and release along with very good music and dance.

The festival schedule is in Japanese only, on the website. The first day includes a number of performances by Ainu children groups, and Mina shared these highlights:

November 3, Saturday: 15:00~ Kamuy Nomi (Ainu Ceremony)
November 4, Sunday: 9:30~ Performances, Shops/Booths
(AINU REBELS performance time is scheduled for 16:40)

Rera No Kai (the Ainu Association of Wind) and local Okinawan groups – including Ryukyu-Eisa Kai Ryukyu-Eisa Club, Gushikawa Club, Ryukyu Matsuri Daiko (Ryukyu Festival Drummers) have been sponsoring the CHARANKE MATSUI, an Ainu-Okinawan festival, in Nakano for over ten years.

I noticed the website's schedule includes many children's performances as well as adult music and dance club performances.
This organic inclusiveness is characteristic of traditional cultures which have always sought to bridge, not separate people between age groups. Everyone's important, from eldest to the youngest, and all have a role to play in co-creating culture.

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