Eisa Festival
August 9th 2008 Eisa Festival
Every year in Okinawa there is an island-wide Eisa Festival. Eisa is an Okinawan ceremony that entails dancing and the beating of drums in prayer for good health and a good harvest. Originally, the ceremony was performed to welcome and console the souls of one’s ancestors during the Summer ‘Bon’ season, but has evolved into community celebrations.
A friend and I went
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