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2015 PhD Students Explore Okinawan Traditional Culture

2015 PhD Students Explore Okinawan Traditional Culture

The welcome ceremony for OIST’s 2015 PhD students ended with a performance by local dance group, Shimabukuro Ryukyu Dance School, including OIST’s Ami Chinen. For the incoming students, this was one of the very first exposures to Okinawan traditional culture.

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01 September 2015

Copyright OIST (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, 沖縄科学技術大学院大学). Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

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