The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-11-16
Japan InPHawai Holds Festival
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Carnival Celebrates Coronation
1855 a
Customs Of Centuries Revived

, danced, with much use OF their fans Z.
There were passages for Nuuanu val
ley, Moanalua park, Kapiolani, waikiki
XII, Diamond Head, the Koolau range
the rainbow and the City Of Honolulu,
besides several others. For Nuuhnn
valley the fans futtered, as in the rush
of the winds from the Pail gap, and
the demure little geishas seemed trees
leaning against the eternal flow of the
| air; and for the Koolau range fans
touched and eircled, some goishas kneel
ing and some standing, forming peak
upon peak and the long ctirves and
lofty sweep of the hills. For the rain
| bow fans huttered again and eircled-
! and il was all so very beautiful that
il brought a poignant emotion.
Last scene of all was the finding of
Japan and the birth of the son of tn.
sun, enacted in Amano Iwato, The
Cave. Two quaintly-garbed figures ap-
peared on the stage from the right,
and spoke in ludierously solemn tones,
and moved of the stage 10 the shrill-
ing of reeds and the beat of drums.
| The curtain rose, showing the cave it
self. Two men stood upon the left;
| on the right an ancient and prodigious-
" gray'bearded patriarch, besworded,
! and between a stuffed cock and hen.
Then the first two appeared, bringing
in tie ever-present rice, and the sacred
sword, necklace and mirror, without
| which no Mikado might be recognized.
Another man entered. All present
were gods; he also was n god; and
there were speakings to and fro, high
pitched, and all met the ear grotes-
quely. a. I'd. ...
Then Comes God OF War
Still another god came; He was the
God of War, an enormous, bushy-m man.
ed creature, resplendent, who ranted,
greatly to the huge delight Of the Jap
anese. There were the Ave gods of the
islands, the God of War, the God of the
Eighty Millions, destined to be the
| nurse of the Sunchild, and, after n tree
had been brought in, the Goddess of
Peace came. e..
She was white-masked, her tunic was
of lavender and her trousers were
scarlet. The mask grinned perpCtually,
and it was to simulate the face of smil-
ing peace. She danced strangely like
Spanish woman might, bearing a fan
and n gilt thing that shook like n cas-.
tanet; and that admirable cicerone,
Yasuo Fuwa of the Nipnu Jill, sal
that it was the oldest dance of all
japan. The music was eerle, merely
the shril!ing Of reeds and the monoton-
/ Gus beat of the drum, but through, it
that Spanish favor was felt very re-
markably.
Finally she arose and sprung upon a
bOx-Ike platform, on which her feet
heat hollowly, again reverting to old
| tiluea, for there was no music, in, those
! days, and the sound of herfeet upon
| the wood answered the need. -.
/ There was prodigious, Homerie laugh
ter from the assembled eight gods, and
the drop was pulled back, disclosing
the rising sun, the first rayed Sum flag
and the little son of the sun appeared.
From him came all the 222 emper-
ors. lie was greeted by the triple
ANAL, right hands held high, while
all uncovered.
NOisiest of all stalls ut the fair was
that of the fencors. They were mask
cd in wire, and a continuation of the
mask over the skull protected it from
blows of the bamboo sticks. Padded
too, were the wrists, waist and neck
for these four were the vulnerable
points, and a fair blow of any was a
point for the man who inflicted il.
The fencers crOuched, facing each
other, sprang into action, ana, thrust
and struck, trying ever for telling
blow, with quick EXPLANATIONS and
cries, so that their commotiOn rose
above everything else. Now and then
they turned sharply and spoke to the
umpire. asking that a point be allowed,
for all the world as a frst-baseman
would tag runner sliding lack and
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Survival OF Samurai
This is a survival of the days of the
Samurai, who fought with swords, not
split bamboo sticks, and the four vul-
nrrahlc points were where a man 3 skull
might he split, his head Topped off, his
hand severed at the wrist or fatal
wound given in the groin. SO it is con,
sidered that man struck fairly on
, one of these padded points has lost the
bout.
After a tiIe one fencer sprung cat
like at the other, foored him and en-.
/, deavored to remove his mask. equiva,
, lent to beheading him with the knife
hut the other won and stripped the at
, ta"Fer's mask from his head. . z
, Jiu.jitsu men had an attentive thronp
and they pulled and wrestled at Their
, heavy JACKIE ted opponents and east each
other over their shoulders. But the
wrestlcrs were most popular of the ath
. letes, and theirs was a rough. and. tum
, BILE time of it, indeed.
a So three branches of japanese sport
were shown, each related to the others
: fmd eaebNtraihinS Ills hAhFin9 sell aae
? Tense. There were medals for the win
| ners of each hOHt in the fencing anG
. cups for the iu-jitsu and wrestling
winners.
1t was great day for japan in Hon
olulu and for the Credentials who wer'
o fortunate enough to take q car nj
e Nuuanu avenue.
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