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The festival is an annual event in which the Japanese showcase their culture, dress code, traditional dances, sports such as Karate and Kendo (Japanese sward art) as well as famous delicacies.
“Today, we have Japanese summer festival. We thank and pray for our ancestors’ spirits offering, them foods and traditional dance,” Lt. Col. Umemoto, the UNMISS Japanese contingent commander said.
Selected members of the contingent performed their famous karate, kendo and ecstatic drum performances in an event decorated all over by the pictures of fish.
“Today we prepared Japanese dishes and entertainments; Karate, Bayonet martial arts, Kendo, Japanese drum playing, and joining free Japanese Bon dance,” said Umemoto.
The famous Japanese delicacies known as sushi (raw fish) was missing on the menu and the commander attributed it to hot temperature in Juba.
“I’m so sorry, because South Sudan is too hot. We couldn’t prepare Sushi and I assume you expected it. But today, we provide you Japanese Sake “Shouchu”, which is famous in south part of Japan where we came from, and it is the most important source of energy for my soldiers,” he explained.
The festival that took place at the Japanese Camp in the UNMISS Compound was attended by the Deputy Special Representative of Secretary General Mr. Toby Lanzer, Force Commander Maj. Gen. Johnson Delali Sakyi, the Indian contingent officials, staff of the Japanese Embassy and JICA as well as journalists from citizen newspaper, Gurtong, South Sudan TV and Radio as well as Radio Miraya.
The Japanese engineering contingent has been in the country for 20 months now and has been active in road repairs in Juba, Central Equatoria State.
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