The festival season is coming to an end at the moment, but there was a cracking one in the city centre the other night which I wandered around. During it, a big dance competition takes place - big dance troupes of about 40 or 50 engage in these amazing routines with drums and singing, all while wearing outlandish costumes in 30C+ heat. Impressive stuff. Here's a couple of videos of the dancing - the seats were all full up so the only way to get a decent gander was to keep scooting up and down the walkways. Hence the slightly Blair Witch-esque footage.
(NB - there's sound so watch out if you're at work!)
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- Chris Stiff
- I've always wanted to live in Japan, so after finishing a two year post-doc in Psychology I decided to take the plunge and apply to ECC. And here I am, teaching kids how to shriek the colours of the rainbow at the top of their tiny lungs and explaining to adults that "clothes" isn't pronounced "clothe-es." So far it's top fun, despite the language being as difficult as a puzzle wrapped in an enigma, placed inside a riddle, which is then sealed inside an iron ball and fired into the centre of the sun. If you read this blog, please leave a comment! Unless it's a spelling mistake - er, they're on purpose and ironic and that.
1 comment:
Yup, a really nice event. I visited the same stage two days ago and watched the parade today (August.31) near the park. This was a very impressive, while unexpected thing to see during my short stay.. Wonder if some of the music can be found on the internet.
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