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*''Japanese'': 竹富島 ''(Taketomi jima)''
Taketomi is a small island just to the southwest of [[Ishigaki Island]], in the southern [[Ryukyu Islands]]. The island is known for its traditional architecture, festivals, and traditional culture otherwise.
==Culture==
Taketomi is home to the annual ''[[Tanadui]]'' festival, one of the most highly promote traditional folk festivals in [[Okinawa prefecture]] (i.e. for tourists).
The song ''[[Asadoya yunta]]'' also originates from Taketomi. Though more widely-known today by [[Japanese language|Japanese-language]] lyrics invented and promoted in the 20th century, the traditional [[Yaeyama language]] lyrics tell the story of a young woman who resists being given to (married to) a [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Shuri]] official; in this respect, the song was originally associated with local pride and resistance to Shuri's control.
==Modern History==
The island is today home to just over 300 people; as in many other rural and peripheral areas in Japan, Taketomi is struggling with problems of depopulation as many of the island's young people go elsewhere for school and/or for work and then stay there, leaving largely only older generations remaining on the island. Along with the rest of the [[Yaeyama Islands|Yaeyama]] and [[Miyako Islands]], Taketomi also struggles with processes of assimilation into a larger "[[Okinawa prefecture|Okinawan]]" culture and identity.<ref name=amanda>Amanda Stinchecum, "Changing Parameters, Expressions, and Meanings of a Simple Sash from Yaeyama Islands," Okinawan Art in its Regional Context symposium, University of East Anglia, Norwich, 10 Oct 2019.</ref>
Immediately following World War II, Taketomi suffered from a different problem, however: overpopulation. While there are about 300-350 residents of the island today, in late 1945 Taketomi found itself struggling to support over 2200 people, many of whom had moved (or returned) to Taketomi from [[Taiwan]], [[Nanyo|Nan'yô]] (the South Pacific), Southeast Asia, and elsewhere following the fall of the Japanese Empire.<ref name=amanda/>
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==References==
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[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Geographic Locations]]
Taketomi is a small island just to the southwest of [[Ishigaki Island]], in the southern [[Ryukyu Islands]]. The island is known for its traditional architecture, festivals, and traditional culture otherwise.
==Culture==
Taketomi is home to the annual ''[[Tanadui]]'' festival, one of the most highly promote traditional folk festivals in [[Okinawa prefecture]] (i.e. for tourists).
The song ''[[Asadoya yunta]]'' also originates from Taketomi. Though more widely-known today by [[Japanese language|Japanese-language]] lyrics invented and promoted in the 20th century, the traditional [[Yaeyama language]] lyrics tell the story of a young woman who resists being given to (married to) a [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Shuri]] official; in this respect, the song was originally associated with local pride and resistance to Shuri's control.
==Modern History==
The island is today home to just over 300 people; as in many other rural and peripheral areas in Japan, Taketomi is struggling with problems of depopulation as many of the island's young people go elsewhere for school and/or for work and then stay there, leaving largely only older generations remaining on the island. Along with the rest of the [[Yaeyama Islands|Yaeyama]] and [[Miyako Islands]], Taketomi also struggles with processes of assimilation into a larger "[[Okinawa prefecture|Okinawan]]" culture and identity.<ref name=amanda>Amanda Stinchecum, "Changing Parameters, Expressions, and Meanings of a Simple Sash from Yaeyama Islands," Okinawan Art in its Regional Context symposium, University of East Anglia, Norwich, 10 Oct 2019.</ref>
Immediately following World War II, Taketomi suffered from a different problem, however: overpopulation. While there are about 300-350 residents of the island today, in late 1945 Taketomi found itself struggling to support over 2200 people, many of whom had moved (or returned) to Taketomi from [[Taiwan]], [[Nanyo|Nan'yô]] (the South Pacific), Southeast Asia, and elsewhere following the fall of the Japanese Empire.<ref name=amanda/>
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==References==
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[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Geographic Locations]]