Mensore, Aloha & Welcome!
Ippee Nifee Deebiru! Thank you very much for attending the Okinawan Festival and supporting the many cultural programs and activities sponsored throughout the year by the Hawaii United Okinawan Association. We hope you had a great time and look forward to seeing you again next year at the 27th Okinawan Festival scheduled for September 5 & 6, 2009.
Congratulations to the winners of the
26th Okinawan Festival Photo Contest!
Thank you to the many talented photographers who submitted over 100 entries!
Grand Prize Winning Photo
title: Matsuri Daiko 2
description: Ryukyukoku Matsuri Daiko Hawaii performer
photograph by: Warren Au
Check out more photos in the Photo Gallery
Click here to check out more photographs from this year's Festival - You might even see someone you know.
2008 26th Okinawan Festival
Saturday, August 30, 2008
8:30 am – 9:30 pm
Children’s Games close at 5:00 pm
Most food booths & tents close at 6:00 pm
Okinawa Soba & Andagi Booths open until 8:00
pm
Live
Entertainment at Kapiolani Park Bandstand: 8:30 am – 5:00 pm
Enjoy
continuous live performances by entertainers from Okinawa and local Okinawan
groups from Hawaii. Performers from Okinawa include Mamoru Miyagi, and Radio
Okinawa’s Miuta Taisho Grand Prix winner, Tatsuya Shimabukuro & the Tokonatsu Band.
Unfortunately, the previously announced performance of Eguchi Seinin Kai, a dynamic taiko group from Chatan,
has been cancelled.
Bon
Dance at Kapiolani Park Field: 5:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Pull out your
kimono and hapi coats and join the HUOA community at the annual Festival Bon
Dance! Hundreds of participants dance the night away honoring their
ancestors. Don’t worry about not knowing how to bon dance, bon dancing is
not only fun, it’s easy to learn!
Sunday, August 31, 2008
9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Craft Gallery and Children’s Games close at 4:30 pm
Another great
day of continuous live performances by Okinawan groups from Hawaii at the
Kapiolani Park Bandstand. Local taiko, traditional Okinawan dance, sanshin,
koto and karate groups show their stuff on Sunday.
26th Okinawan Festival Photo Contest - Grand Prize $100!
Day In The Life Of The Okinawan Festival Photo Contest - 2007 Grand Prize Winning Photo
Performance Art: A performer from Japan prepares backstage for her upcoming number. Photographer: Reid Shimabukuro
Hawaii Okinawa Today TV Show Monday, 7 pm HST Olelo Channel 53
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