WUB Conference

past 16 and 17, I attend the WUB conference and beach camp.

16th
have a relaxing time at Hawai'i kai beach house first...
playing sanshin and ukulele,
meeting 'Uchinanchu' around the world...
with beautiful sunset,
feeling brisk ocean breeze on your face...

then, discussed on what's uchinanchu I.D. is in the conference, on the next day.



We are divided to 9groups, and each person in a group represents his/her group.
I was a bit surprised because I've been thought they are already know each other, or know what each organization doing, but not.

Then I realized how Okinawan cultural action are energetic and huge yet not organized well at the same time.
We started with the question; "what is the Uchinanchu Spirit is?".
Not surprisingly, answers from each members and also groups are almost similar. The answers are like "Ichariba Chode (Once meet together, we are brothers and sisters)", "Chimu gukuru (Heart + Spirit), and that is something cannot see, but feel.

Their main concern is how can we inherit this spirit.
Importance of "Okinawan Culture" was of course insisted, especially Music and Dance.
Some supposed to open Okinawan museum and place a curator to make their next generations feel connect them into the materials.

WUB is going to collect all recording of this conference, and make some proposals for next "Okinawan Taikai (世界のウチナーンチュ大会)" in 2011.

I'll be there n help something hopefully...!