| Kinyamunya is a traditional Japanese dance which you can only find in AMA Island. The dance was first introduced by the tsugiyama matsutaro. He was a soldier for Japan in south west war. At that time he was in Kyushu and there was a dance call kinyomunyo . So Mr.Tsugiyama was attracted by the dance and he wanted to introduce this dance in his home town AMA. First no one was enjoyed by the dance but gradually the dance became famous in the Island especially among the men, because Kinyamunya was danced by men to get the attraction of women. So after they got drunk, they used the things in kitchen to dance with, for an example rice scoop or plates. At the present this has become the most attractive part of the kinyamunya dance.
On the august 26 th annual Kinyamunya dance was held in AMA Island with the participation of more than 1200 people. I was participated the dance with my friends who live in Kitabu area. We had the two practice sessions, in the beginning I never thought I can dance properly for the event. It was difficult even for Japanese, but with the help of my friends I was able dance better than I started.
At that day the kinyamunya center was full of people and it was a very rare case to see so many people in AMA in one day, so no need even to say that this is the biggest festival in AMA. The most of the people are islanders and there were people who came back to their home town having the intention of take part in kinyamunya dance, which shows their love for the place they birth and grown up .
People were looking at me very eagerly because I'm one of the two foreigners who lives in this island. The most important thing which I was learned from the event was the strength of the AMA people, when they are doing something public they get together. I think this one of the very unique point of being an islander, because people know each other very well and it is easy to communicate and do something in public. This is the greatest different from the town |
