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Kenya's night comes alive as Chinese-sponsored concert ignites revelers' spirits

STORY: Kenya's night comes alive as Chinese-sponsored concert ignites revelers' spirits SHOOTING TIME: April 6, 2024 DATELINE: April 9, 2024 LENGTH: 00:04:34 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of revelers at the concert 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SYLVIA SARU, Rap artist 3. various of Chinese companies sponsoring the concert 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): MARTHA HURO, Managing director for East Africa at Boomplay 5. various of the concert 6. various of revelers at the concert STORYLINE: A young crowd of revelers filled the giant Agricultural Society of Kenya (ASK) dome in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi on Saturday evening to attend the Boomfest, a musical concert sponsored by Boomplay, a popular music streaming platform in Africa. One by one, popular artists joined the well-lit stage of the ASK dome, belting out lyrics that lightened the mood of the audience. Sylvia Saru, a female rap artist who headlined the show had a powerful stage presence, winning the hearts of fans with songs whose me

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Tourists visit 'monkey school' museum

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Tourists visit a museum in Nikko, eastern Japan, on Oct. 4, 2014, exhibiting uniforms and other stage items used in a "monkey school" show at the Nikko Saru Gundan (Nikko Money Company) theme park closed late last year.

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Japanese monkey troupe set for performance in China

UTSUNOMIA, Japan - Toshio Manaka, head of the Nikko Saru Gundan (Nikko Monkey Troupe), which was disbanded at the end of 2013, trains a monkey in Nikko, northeast of Tokyo, on Aug. 22, 2014, as part of preparations for the troupe's first performance in China, slated for next May.

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Graduation ceremony held for popular monkey group in Nikko

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - A member of a popular monkey performance group at the Nikko Saru Gundan theme park receives a diploma at a "graduation ceremony" in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, on Dec. 21, 2013. The park opened in 1992 in Nikko, one of the most popular tourist destinations in Japan, and became popular because of the monkey performances. But it will close at the end of this year because foreign monkey trainers left Japan after the devastating 2011 earthquake.

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Graduation ceremony held for popular monkey group in Nikko

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Toshio Manaka, president of the Nikko Saru Gundan theme park, reads a diploma during a "graduation ceremony" in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, on Dec. 21, 2013. The park opened in 1992 in Nikko, one of the most popular tourist destinations in Japan, and became popular because of the monkey performances. But it will close at the end of this year because foreign monkey trainers left Japan after the devastating 2011 earthquake.

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Graduation ceremony held for popular monkey group in Nikko

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - A popular group of monkeys attend a "graduation ceremony" at the Nikko Saru Gundan theme park in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, on Dec. 21, 2013. The park opened in 1992 in Nikko, one of the most popular tourist destinations in Japan, and became popular because of the monkey performances. But it will close at the end of this year because foreign monkey trainers left Japan after the devastating 2011 earthquake.

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Taiwan woman takes to life with Japanese monkey troupe

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Monkey trainer Su Yali from Taiwan strikes a pose with a female monkey named Taiwan at ''Nikko Saru Gundan'' entertainment company in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture.

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Lucky Paper Monkey For Next Year

FUKUSHIMA, JAPAN – NOV. 13: As 2016 falls on the year of monkey in the Japanese zodiac, a craftsman is now busy hand-making lucky charm of next year - paper monkeys - in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture. Monkeys are called "saru" in Japanese which happens mean to leave, and so the animal has been believed to have magical powers to let the devil go away and so forth.

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Sea animal performances ahead of New Year

A sea lion at Hakkeijima Sea Paradise in Yokohama, near Tokyo, demonstrates calligraphy and draws the Chinese word for saru -- meaning monkey -- with a brush held in its mouth, with the correct stroke order, during a special show on Dec. 29, 2015 ahead of the New Year. Year 2016 falls on the year of monkey in the Oriental zodiac. Calligraphy is traditionally performed at New Year in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sea animal performances ahead of New Year

A sea lion at Hakkeijima Sea Paradise in Yokohama, near Tokyo, demonstrates calligraphy and draws the Chinese word for saru -- meaning monkey -- with a brush held in its mouth, with the correct stroke order, during a special show on Dec. 29, 2015 ahead of the New Year. Year 2016 falls on the year of monkey in the Oriental zodiac. Calligraphy is traditionally performed at New Year in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Monkey charms in Nara's old district scare away misfortunes

Photo taken Dec. 5, 2015 shows "Migawari-saru," or "scapegoat monkeys," being hung under eaves of a private house in the city of Nara as a charm against bad luck (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Monkey charms in Nara's old district scare away misfortunes

Photo taken Dec. 5, 2015 shows Tetsuro Minami, director of the Naramachi Museum in the city of Nara, making "Migawari-saru," or "scapegoat monkeys," as a charm against bad luck. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Akashi castle

Akashi Castle was built by Ogasawara Tadamasa in 1619, and the Matsudaira family became lords of the castle afterwards. The existing Hitsuji Saru Yagura and Tatsumiyagura show what it was like then.==Date:unknown, Place:Akashi, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number24‐7‐0]

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Tourists visit 'monkey school' museum

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Tourists visit a museum in Nikko, eastern Japan, on Oct. 4, 2014, exhibiting uniforms and other stage items used in a "monkey school" show at the Nikko Saru Gundan (Nikko Money Company) theme park closed late last year. (Kyodo)

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Japanese monkey troupe set for performance in China

UTSUNOMIA, Japan - Toshio Manaka, head of the Nikko Saru Gundan (Nikko Monkey Troupe), which was disbanded at the end of 2013, trains a monkey in Nikko, northeast of Tokyo, on Aug. 22, 2014, as part of preparations for the troupe's first performance in China, slated for next May. (Kyodo)