Rice & Roses presents Canefield Songs Hole Hole Bushi
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Harry Urata, 1917-2009
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content: Harry Urata audio recordings
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content: Harry Urata audio recordings / Series 1: Audio and Video
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Electronic discs (DVD)
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content: circa 2015
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
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content: Archival materials
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content: Electronic discs (dvd)
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content: Video available on YouTube.
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content: Documentary on holehole bushi made by the Center for Labor Education and Research (CLEAR). 

Summary from YouTube: The Japanese immigrants who worked on Hawai'i's sugar plantations in the late 19th and early 20th centuries sang as they worked, creating a Japanese American equivalent of "the blues." Called holehole (Hawaiian for dried cane leaves) bushi (Japanese for melody or tune), the songs are a record of the workers' joys, sorrows, and challenges. They provide a fascinating window onto early plantation life. Sugar Plantation history with host Jake Shimabukuro.