page_title: Kachāshī
hierarchical_section_title: Kachāshī
caption_attribution_description: English: This photo is about Kachāshī, a kind of dance often perfomed in Okinawa Islands, southern part of Japan. Taken on 4th of March, 2007 and at SHINJUKU LOFT PLUS 1, a livehouse in Shinjuku in Tokyo, Japan. 日本語: 沖縄の舞踊、カチャーシーの一例。 2007年3月4日（三線の日）に新宿のLOFT PLUS 1のライブにて。 演奏者は三線速弾きで知られる川門正彦。
context_page_description: Kachāshī, sometimes romanized as katcharsee, is a form of festive Okinawan folk dance. In Okinawa, it is often a feature of celebrations such as weddings and victory festivities after Okinawan wrestling matches and public elections. Traditionally, the dance is accompanied by the sanshin and drum, and often punctuated with finger whistling called yubi-bue.
  The dance is executed with the hands in the air, palm flat for women and curled for men. The hands alternate in a pulling and pushing, up and down elliptical motion, one hand facing outward and up while the other is facing inward and down. The hand movements are notoriously difficult to execute without training. The steps are mostly improvised, but generally consist of a slightly bow-legged stance, alternately lifting and lowering the feet to the rhythm of the music.
context_section_description: Kachāshī (カチャーシー), sometimes romanized as katcharsee, is a form of festive Okinawan folk dance. In Okinawa, it is often a feature of celebrations such as weddings and victory festivities after Okinawan wrestling matches and public elections. Traditionally, the dance is accompanied by the sanshin and drum, and often punctuated with finger whistling called yubi-bue (指笛).
  The dance is executed with the hands in the air, palm flat for women and curled (or in fists) for men. The hands alternate in a pulling and pushing, up and down elliptical motion, one hand facing outward and up while the other is facing inward and down. The hand movements are notoriously difficult to execute without training.  The steps are mostly improvised, but generally consist of a slightly bow-legged stance, alternately lifting and lowering the feet to the rhythm of the music.
caption: People doing kachāshī, at left a man is playing a sanshin
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