Entrevistas

1. Celebrating traditional Japanese New Years with family

2. Learning Japanese at school and at home with family

3. Developing an original kata

4. Introducing Taiko in Vancouver

5. The philosophy of playing Taiko

6. Defining a Taiko player

Hirabayashi,Roy

(n. 1951) Co-fundador e diretor administrativo do San Jose Taiko

Celebrating traditional Japanese New Years with family

I, naturally, because my parents were so much involved in the Japanese culture, because that’s their background, we really embraced the Japanese holidays and the celebrations. So for our family, New Year’s is a very important day with the celebration of the foods and everything and the family coming together. And even now for us, that’s the one day of the year where the entire family really tries to come back together to celebrate New Year’s. We all return home, and we get together for that. And so, those are kind of the things that, for us, have been really important.

cultura famílias feriados Ano Novo

Data: January 26, 2005

Localização Geográfica: California, US

Entrevistado: Art Hansen, Sojin Kim

País: Watase Media Arts Center, Japanese American National Museum

Entrevistados

Roy Hirabayashi, diretor administrativo e co-fundador do San Jose Taiko, nasceu e cresceu em Oakland, California e frequentou a Universidade do Estado de San Jose. Além do seu trabalho com o San Jose Taiko, trabalha também para o Programa de Estudos Asiático-americano da Universidade do Estado de San Jose, Japanese American Citizens League, Pacific Asian Coalition e Buddhist Churches of America. (26 de janeiro de 2005)