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CG
Kamo’s Remarks
At
the Awa Odori Demonstration
March
15, 2010
University
of
Hawaii
Good Morning
everyone and Aloha!
おはようございます。本日は、ハワイ大学までお出まし頂きまして誠にありがとうございます。ホノルルにようこそお出でになりました。先ずは、先ほどのシュルツ学部長のご挨拶をかいつまんで通訳したいと思います。
皆様のお越しを歓迎したいと思います。本日ヒンショー学長は所用のためこの場に来ることが不可能になってしまいましたが、学長は、阿波踊りのデモンストレーションを拝見するのを大変楽しみにしておりました。今回、ホノルル・フェスティバルご参加の阿波踊りグループの皆様をハワイ大学マノア校にお招きすることができ大変嬉しく思います。総領事館との共催で皆様をお呼びすることができた、誠に嬉しく思います。
シュルツ学部長は、総領事館とのコラボで本件が実現したと仰ってくれましたが、総領事館でも特に、徳島県出身の南部副領事が主導的な役割を果たし、阿波踊りデモンストレーションをハワイ大学で開催することが実現しました。この機会にハワイ大学の関係者の皆様方のご努力に対し、敬意を表したいと思います。
On behalf of the
Consulate General of Japan in
Honolulu
, I am pleased to welcome the Association of Naruto Awa Odori Promotion to
Hawaii
. I would also like to offer my sincere gratitude to the Center for Japanese
Studies at the University of Hawaii as well as the College of Languages,
Linguistics, and Literature also a t the University of Hawaii, the Honolulu
Chamber of Commerce, the Honolulu Japanese Junior Chamber of Commerce, the
Nippon Club, the Japan-America Society of Hawaii and the Hawaii Senior Life
Enrichment Association for attending today’s dance performance.
The Association
of Naruto Awa Odori Promotion came to
Honolulu
to take part in the Honolulu Festival that ended yesterday. They made an
extra trip to the Manoa campus today to give demonstration before us. They
consist of 28 members coming from
Tokushima
Prefecture
in
Japan
. Awa is the old name of
Tokushima
, which is both beautiful and attractive blessed with nature and culture.
As you can guess,
we are going to be entertained by a Power Point presentation “Welcome to
Tokushima
” by a former JET who worked in
Tokushima
Prefecture
. She said she had a good time in
Tokushima
. She is an ideal person to talk about
Tokushima
, what they have, or what they are proud of. I am really looking forwards to
the demonstration, for Awa Odori is one of the most famous dances in
Japan
. I am sure they will entertain us, Hawaiians included, tremendously, as
Hawaii
has a long tradition of its own dance called hula. Cultural interchange
between
Japan
and
Hawaii
can be best done through dances. I am certain that today’s performance
will prove this. It is exciting and a lot of fun.
I would like to
thank once again the Association of Naruto Awa Odori Promotion for their
appearance here today.
Thank you very
much.
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