Spendor of Okinawa Bonus: A story from the Ryukyu Kingdom (Sunday: 10de23)
The Origin of the Hamauri (Down to the Sea) Ritual A long time ago in a seaside village, there was a really beautiful young woman. She was the kind of woman who could hold all the young men of the village as prisoners of love. But, for some reason or other, she always passed her time at home. (Hamauri: http://www.gyokou.or.jp/photo-con/photo-con2009.htm) Because of that, there was not a single young man in the village who could steal her heart. The young woman’s mother, worried about her daughter and wanting to do something about it, suggested, “Isn’t it about time for you to marry and take away my worries?” But her daughter just shut her ears. But one such day, the daughter responded seriously, her face blushed with a smile, “Mom, there is a man I like. Please let me go off with him. Her mother gave a sigh of relief and asked with a smile, “And your partner, who is he and where is he from? But at her daughter’s story, the c...