Descendants of immigrants from Japan's Okinawa Prefecture performed folk songs, dances and lyric dramas during a fundraising event in Sao Paulo on Sunday to help rebuild Okinawa's historic Shuri Castle that burned down in October.Around 800 spectators and 300 performers attended the event named "Chibariyo Uchina," or "Hang in there Okinawa" in the Okinawan language. People with Okinawan roots number around 190,000 and form the biggest Japanese community in Brazil.The entrance fee of 50 reals ($12) was also paid by the performers. Fundraising will continue until February when the total sum r…READ FULL ARTICLE
