{"id":1077,"date":"2014-06-22T14:32:12","date_gmt":"2014-06-22T05:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/?p=1077"},"modified":"2014-06-26T12:42:53","modified_gmt":"2014-06-26T03:42:53","slug":"asakusa-performances-collecting-donations-for-a-new-folk-arts-center-by-michiko-chida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/staff\/20140622_1077.html","title":{"rendered":"“Asakusa Performances: Collecting Donations for a New Folk Performing Arts Center” by Michiko Chida"},"content":{"rendered":"
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From June 21-25, during the “Kodo One Earth Tour 2014: Mystery” Asakusa performances, we are asking people to help raise funds to\u00a0build the Urahama Folk Performing Arts Center (Urahama Minzoku Geino Denshokan<\/span>).<\/p>\n

About Fundraising for Urahama Folk Performing Arts Center (in Japanese)<\/a><\/p>\n

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Please donate to the Urahama Folk Performing Arts Center\u00a0Construction Fund and help build a new base for the folk arts in an area affected by the Tohoku Pacific Earthquake.<\/h3>\n

Urahama Nenbutsu Kenbai<\/span>\u00a0(sword dance) and \u00a0Urahama Shishi Odori<\/span> (deer dance), two traditional performing arts upheld\u00a0in the Okirai area of Sanriku in Ofunato City, were seriously\u00a0affected by the damaging\u00a02011 Tohoku Pacific Earthquake. The equipment\u00a0for Shishi Odori<\/span>\u00a0barely remained, but all the equipment and the base\u00a0for Nenbutsu Kenbai<\/span> was lost. Even though they have kept their spirits up, it must have been hard for the people there to see a way forward\u00a0through this dark situation these past three years.<\/p>\n

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Urahama Shishi Odori with Kanatsu-ryu Yanagawa Shishi Odori\u00a0at the Earth Celebration 2008<\/h5>\n

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Last January, the people of Urahama decided to build a folk performing arts center\u00a0as\u00a0a base for their traditional performing arts. This facility\u00a0is their pledge to hand the wonderful regional folk arts, which cultivate their area, down to future generations: it is their vow to not be beaten by the disaster.\u00a0They have great confidence in the power of traditional folk arts and they are working hard and enthusiastically, encouraging people involved with folk arts in other areas to follow their lead.<\/p>\n

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Their base was washed\u00a0away by the tsunami, so they had to keep their equipment\u00a0in a storage container next to the leader’s house. (Photo from Feb. 2014)<\/h5>\n

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One of the reasons why\u00a0Kodo wants to help them is that Urahama Shishi Odori is a part of Kanatsuryu Yanagawa Shishi Odori, who have been teaching Shishi Odori<\/span> to Kodo\u00a0since 1980. We have the same masters and same dance style, so we are like brothers. Actually, in 2008 some of the\u00a0Urahama Shishi Odori members joined Kanatsuryu Yanagawa Shishi Odori to perform at our festival on Sado Island, “Earth Celebration.”<\/p>\n

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All the equipment is currently kept in an unsuitable environment.\u00a0The new building needs to\u00a0be built as soon as possible.<\/h5>\n

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The Center\u00a0will be built using\u00a0personal funds and\u00a0grants, and also requires\u00a010,000,000 yen in donations to make up the remainder. From January to May, they collected more than half of this amount, but\u00a0they still need 3,000,000 yen to reach their goal. They are almost there!<\/p>\n

The basic amount they are requesting for bank donations is 10,000 yen or more. By donating this amount, your name will be displayed in\u00a0the Center\u00a0when it is completed. Kodo has put\u00a0collection\u00a0boxes in the\u00a0exhibition corner at Asakusa Public Hall during the “Mystery” performances, which welcome donations large or small. Thank you in advance for your kind support.<\/p>\n

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Under the Heartbeat Project, Kodo is\u00a0supporting the fundraising campaign to build the\u00a0Urahama Folk Performing Arts Center. We would really appreciate\u00a0your support and generosity.<\/p>\n

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