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DESCRIPTION:<strong>OAA'S VIRTUAL </strong><strong>WORLD UCHINAANCHU DAY</s
 trong><strong> CELEBRATION</strong>\n\nSpecial online screenings of <str
 ong>Ryūkyūkoku Matsuri Daiko Los Angeles Branch's </strong><strong>25th 
 Anniversary Concert </strong>featuring members from 6 countries!\n\n<stron
 g>October 29th (Saturday) &amp\; 30th (Sunday)\n</strong>Showings at 12 no
 on\, 4 p.m.\, and 8 p.m. Pacific Time\n<a href="https://youtube.com/oaacen
 tennial" target="_blank">WATCH HERE</a>\n\nTo commemorate World Uchinaanch
 u Day\, the OAA teamed up with the <strong>Los Angeles Branch of Ryukyuko
 ku Matsuri Daiko</strong> for special online showings of their monumental
  25th Anniversary Concert\, which was an international celebration <stron
 g>featuring members from Uchinaa (Okinawa Island)\, Myaaku (Miyako Island)
 \, Argentina\, Bolivia\, Brazil\, Peru\, and across the U.S.!</strong>\n\
 nWith that concert being an international affair represented by SIX countr
 ies\, we felt that showing the recording would be a perfect way to virtua
 lly celebrate World Uchinaanchu WEEKEND: There will be <strong>three sho
 wings on both Saturday and Sunday\, </strong>each one featuring a <stro
 ng>live chat </strong>to interact with fellow viewers.\n\nFilmed in Febr
 uary 2020\, this was one of the last community gatherings many of us atten
 ded before the lockdown.\n\n<strong>\nWhat is "World Uchinaanchu Day"?「
 世界のウチナーンチュの日」とは？</strong>\n\nAt the closin
 g ceremony of the 6th <strong>Worldwide Uchinaanchu Taikai/Festival 世
 界のウチナーンチュ大会</strong> – a massive\, global “home
 coming” for the descendants of Okinawan immigrants – in 2016\, the lat
 e-Okinawa Prefecture Governor Takeshi Onaga announced that October 30 woul
 d henceforth be declared as World Uchinaanchu Day (WUD). The idea was prop
 osed by <strong>Andres Higa</strong> and <strong>Tadashi Andres Ysa Urb
 ina</strong>\, third-generation Okinawan descendants from Argentina and Pe
 ru\, respectively.\n\nThey took to the stage at the closing ceremony with 
 a powerful message: <strong>“We have gratitude for our ancestors in our
  hearts. We have love for all those we meet in our hearts. We have love fo
 r our ancestral home in our hearts.”</strong> The speech -- spoken in J
 apanese with a large screen displaying English\, Portuguese\, and Spanish 
 translations -- was received with loud cheers from the audience.\n\n<stron
 g>“[Today] Uchinaanchu of the world have gathered once again\, and once 
 again our hearts have become one. Let us celebrate the fact that we are al
 l Uchinaanchu.”</strong> (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqmi
 eX22BXo" target="_blank">Click here to watch the full speech</a>)
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SUMMARY:Okinawan Concert Screenings: Ryukyukoku Matsuri Daiko L.A. 25th Ann
 iversary (ONLINE)
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