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Audience seated and standing on ground to watch dance performances, September 6, 1947

 Item — Box: 1, item: H-121

Audience watching the dance performances for the Festival for the Sea God (Umigami) at Shioya, Okinawa. Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "The group of men, women, and children seated or standing on the ground to watch the dances. The bamboo canes are for the flailing of heads that will not stay down in the front rows."

Dates

  • Creation: September 6, 1947

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Language of Materials

English