their community-based as Okinawan tradition although the perceived tradition is a result of "growing pains" up to 1970s. See also Ryukyukoku Matsuri Daiko Hawaii Ryukyukoku Matsuri Daiko North Carolina References Further reading Christopher T. Nelson, "Dancing with the Dead: Memory, Performance and Everyday Life in Postwar Okinawa." Durham: Duke University Press, 2008. Eisa by Manabu Ooshiro, trans. by Marie Yamazato. Yui Publishing Co. for Okinawa Department of Culture and Environment, Cultural and International Affairs Bureau, Culture Promotion Division, Naha City, 1998. Henry Johnson (2008), "Recontextualizing Eisa: Transformations in Religious, Competition, Festival and Tourism Contexts", in Performing Japan: Contemporary expressions of cultural identity, edited by Henry Johnson and Jerry Jaffe. Folkestone, UK: Global Oriental, pp. 196-220. External links Okinawa Zento Eisa Matsuri Youth Furusato Eisa Festival Eisa dance troupe performing block-to-block in a neighborhood in Chatan, Okinawa. Dances of Japan Group dances Ritual dances Culture in Okinawa Prefecture Festivals in Okinawa Prefecture