{"id":6019,"date":"2012-05-04T10:00:55","date_gmt":"2012-05-04T20:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=6019"},"modified":"2021-04-16T15:19:02","modified_gmt":"2021-04-17T01:19:02","slug":"enjoy-okinawan-drum-performances-under-the-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2012\/05\/04\/enjoy-okinawan-drum-performances-under-the-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"Enjoy Okinawan drum performances under the stars"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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Eisa drum performances featured at Kapiʻolani<\/span> Community College (photo courtesy of Kapiʻolani<\/span> Community College)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kapiʻolani<\/span> Community College<\/a> hosts the 2nd Eisa Drum Festival on Saturday, May 12, 5 p.m. on the Great Lawn. Eisa is a form of dance and drumming unique to Okinawa. The Eisa Drum Festival celebrates this little known form of drumming in Hawaiʻi<\/span>.<\/p>\n

The festival will feature the largest gathering of Eisa drummers in Hawaiʻi<\/span>, all uniting for a spectacular grand finale. There will be a gathering of the Shisa (Okinawan lion dogs).<\/p>\n

Festival performers include the acclaimed artist, choreographer and director Daiichi Hirata, Chinagu Eisa Hawaiʻi<\/span>, Hawaiʻi<\/span> Eisa Shinyuu Kai, Ryukyukoku Matsuri Daiko and the Young Okinawans of Hawaiʻi<\/span> with Paranku Clubs of Hawaiʻi<\/span>, Taiko Center of the Pacific and Urizun Minyo Group.<\/p>\n

The event is free and open to the public. Food sales will begin at 5 p.m. Bring lawn chairs, blankets and jackets. Parking is free. Alcohol is strictly prohibited.<\/p>\n

See videos and photos from the 1st Eisa Drum Festival.<\/a><\/p>\n

For more information, contact Shari Y. Tamashiro at (808) 734-9562.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hawaiʻi<\/span> Community College hosts the 2nd Eisa Drum Festival on May 12.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[63],"class_list":["post-6019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","tag-kapiolani-community-college","entry","no-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t