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Thank You Letter

Jimpu Kai USA Kin Ryosho Ryukyu Geino Kenkyusho Hawaii Shibu would like to extend a big mahalo to the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts for their generous support of kumiwudui (classical Okinawan dance/drama) via the Apprentice Mentoring Grant Program. We would also like to thank the Maui Okinawa Kenjin Kai for providing the venue for kumiwudui instruction and hosting the program “Okinawan Dance & Music: 2019 Apprentice Mentoring Presentation” that was held on Saturday, June 15. Thank you to Denise Miyahana, arts program specialist, ...

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Pet of the Week

Do you love stories of triumph? Then you’ve gotta meet me, Wilbur, dog No. 76. I’m a gentle 6 year old that’s having a blast now that I’m getting the care I needed. I was in terrible shape when they found me in Haiku at the beginning of the month. Just a few short weeks later, my ...

Yoga isn’t timeless:

On June 21, for International Yoga Day, people took out their yoga mats and practiced sun salutations or sat in meditation. Yoga may have originated in ancient India, but today is practiced all over the world. In the United States, it was philosophers such as Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry ...

Book Review: Novel dissects divorce with sharp, funny scalpel

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