The bon dance at the Waimea Higashi Hongwanji, erected in 1899, may have marked the final bon dance for the Kauai Buddhist ...

The festival features lots of hands-on experiences in Okinawan arts along with flower arrangement demonstrations. Everyone has a chance to try on an Okinawan costume—a female kimono with hanagasa or a ...

Later, Nancy became a member of a Paranku group and performed at bon dances.” The family attributes her longevity to music, sports, and a strong, can-do attitude.

2023 Ferndale Cherry Blossom Festival – March 18 Come join the festivities at Sakura Matsuri, the Ferndale Cherry Blossom Festival, to be held on Saturday, March 18, 2023 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 ...

Patsy Afuso knows 17 Okinawan folk dances by heart. Her footwork is precise; her gestures, refined; her taps on her paranku (small hand-held drum) are perfectly in time to the music.

Performers with the Paranku Club of Hawaii danced and played their taiko yesterday as the banners of many Okinawan clubs were displayed to open the Okinawan Festival at the Kapiolani Park Bandstand.

Okinawan eisa music, as its style of bon dancing is called, also includes the medium-sized, hand-held shimedaiko and the tambourine-sized paranku drum.