Shioya;Okinawa;Japan

Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "Part of the village of Shioya where the cement foundations from the Navy quonset huts remain. The framework and thatch of the house in the foreground were completed yesterday and today, a canvas covering is now being put over the walls and the family will sleep there tonight. Other houses appear beyond this one."

Three dancers performing a comedy sketch at the school grounds in Shioya, Okinawa, celebrating the Festival for the Sea God (Umigami). Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "Comedy dance by three women, with two costumed as sedanchair porters stamping about arguing. Woman supposed to be in sedan chair (big cardboard box) at edge."

Three dancers imitating canoeing at the school grounds in Shioya, Okinawa, celebrating the Festival for the Sea God (Umigami). Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "Story dance with girls impersonating men, dressed in abaca fiber cloth, pulling paddles in an imaginary canoe."

Two dancers at the school grounds in Shioya, Okinawa, celebrating the Festival for the Sea God (Umigami). Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "Dance by two women in flowered kimonos and 'fruitbasket' hats, hands out forward level with shoulders, side view."

Two dancers at the school grounds in Shioya, Okinawa, celebrating the Festival for the Sea God (Umigami). Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "A dance by two women with white headdresses; dark, short skirts; and white jackets."

Two dancers at the school grounds in Shioya, Okinawa, celebrating the Festival for the Sea God (Umigami). Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "Two dancers with dark costumes including pantaloons, right hands toward camera."

A group of dancers at the school grounds in Shioya, Okinawa, celebrating the Festival for the Sea God (Umigami). Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "Dance by two women with flowered kimonos or long gowns, holding their straw hats (freely decorated) slightly above their heads with their right hands."

Two dancers at the school grounds in Shioya, Okinawa, celebrating the Festival for the Sea God (Umigami). Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "Dance by two women in the dark kimonos of yesteryear, facing toward sun and sideways to camera with hands up toward sun."

Four dancers at the school grounds in Shioya, Okinawa, celebrating the Festival for the Sea God (Umigami). Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "Dance by four women, two impersonating men, with the two "girls" squatting down and the "men" facing sideways."

A group of dancers at the school grounds in Shioya, Okinawa, celebrating the Festival for the Sea God (Umigami). Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "Two young girls with bright red costumes and batons beginning a dance on the tarpaulin used for small groups."