Okinawa traditional dancers perform in Los Angeles

Okinawa traditional dancers perform in Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES, United States - An Okinawa dance troupe performs a traditional Ryukyu dance on the night of March 4 in Los Angeles, its first leg of a five-stop North American tour to promote cultural exchanges ahead of July's Group of Eight (G-8) summit in Okinawa Prefecture. The troupe performed classic dances which used to be performed in the royal court during the Ryukyu Kingdom period which lasted until 1879, as well as traditional popular dances in front of about 800 spectators.

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