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Ryukyu dance is one of the traditional Okinawan performing arts that has been handed down from generation to generation since the time of the Ryukyu Kingdom. There are several different styles of Ryukyu dance, such as women's dance and young boys' dance, which use different costumes and have different moves.
Recently a more modern-style Ryukyu dance has been created, but one feature of all these styles is the use of a musical instrument called the sanshin. The photograph shown here is of some women in flower-shaped hats performing a typical Ryukyu dance. Besides Ryukyu dance, Okinawa is also famous for the eisa, a boisterous folk dance derived from a ritual of taking care of the souls of ancestors.
*If you want to know more about Ryukyu dance, check out Folk Traditions.
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