2024-03-28T10:50:48Z
https://u-ryukyu.repo.nii.ac.jp/oai
oai:u-ryukyu.repo.nii.ac.jp:02017844
2022-11-24T06:59:00Z
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Remembering the Battle of Okinawa and Reshaping Community War Narratives: The Commemoration of Irei no Hi in the Okinawan Diaspora in Hawai‘i
Yamazato, Kinuko Maehara
war memory
diaspora
life story
community
resilience
The purpose of Irei no Hi (Memorial Day for the Battle of Okinawa) is not only to remember how destructive and painful war is but also to remember that as a world citizen, we must do everything in our power to avoid it. The day is also to remember the resilience, the courage, and the spirits of the Okinawan people . . . as they continue to hope for the peace and sustainability of their homeland. The day is very much to learn from their stories, especially chimugukuru, an Okinawan word that stands for heart, spirit, and soul. During this time of crisis in the world, with the coronavirus pandemic and racial unrest in America and in other parts of the world, more than ever, I believe we need to learn the lessons of the past from our ancestors to drum up our own chimugukuru. Gwen Fujie, organizer of Refl ections: Irei no Hi in Hawaii, a virtual event commemorating Okinawan Memorial Day in 2020 (Fujie 2020, at 1:44:45)
http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501
Research Institute for Islands and Sustainability
2022-03
VoR
2435-3302
2435-3310
Okinawan Journal of Island Studies
2
3
34
17
eng
open access
Copyrights of accepted manuscripts belong to RIIS (Research Institute for Islands and Sustainability), University of the Ryukyus.