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11. Japanese Americans "the quiet people", sound unknown. Taiko almost uniquely a Japanese American artform. 
12. Obon dancing not a performance, it's about participating, joy, gratitude.
13. "You're a fool if you dance, you're a fool if you watch. So why not dance?"
14. "Chant "oy-yoi-yoi-yoi" and "ya-po-sai ya-po-sah"
15. Circle dance, hand motions, flick of wrists from side to side
16. Buddhist "moment", never again, "ichigo, ichie"
once in a lifetime moment to enjoy and embrace
17. 'shiki sokuse oo oo sokuse shiki" - "form is emptiness, emptiness is form."
creation requires space. Important Buddhist principle
18. New dance, to teach Obon to youth, in English. Very new concept. 
19. Sadako, young girl at one of the bomb sites, tried to fold 1,000 cranes before her death by radiation poisoning. Song begins with the bomb "Pikadon" the flash and boom.
20. Sembazudu - a thousand cranes. Dance - step, clap, fly, fly
21. Recorded music used for full dance