This Saturday was the Bon Odori festival here in Asunción. As we have been doing for the past seven years (it has developed into quite the tradition) Sascha, Xime, Kitty and me went in order to eat great Japanese food and dance. All four of us are big Japan enthusiasts and really enjoy it every single year, though we are yet to buy kimonos in order to really blend in. The difference this year was that the festival was not held were it usually is (the Paraguayan Japanese Cultural Centre) and that I took my new camera and was able to take some pictures as well as record the dance.
This dance is called Tanko Bushi and it represents the movements of miners. This is a video of Xime dancing the Tanko Bushi.
And these are the pictures I took that night of the festival. Sorry I could not take pictures which showed a more varied scene, but I had to sit at the table in order to eat and enjoy my Karee Raisu, Sushi Moriawase, and the eternal and heavenly Takoyaki.
Great pics! It is kind of a tradition for us, to go to the bon odori. It's really fun and I adore takoyaki! ^-^ Let's hope that next year all 4 of us will dance, now that we have some videos to practice xD This year there were 2 new dances, they were really different and complicated, I'm happy there's no video of those ^^U
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Great pics! It is kind of a tradition for us, to go to the bon odori. It's really fun and I adore takoyaki! ^-^
Let's hope that next year all 4 of us will dance, now that we have some videos to practice xD
This year there were 2 new dances, they were really different and complicated, I'm happy there's no video of those ^^U
That is awesome! I've never even heard of this festival, but it looks like you guys had a blast. Brilliant!
yup yup pretty fun evening. I would like to go back next year.
what about you write a new entry =P
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