Ninjari Ban Ban !

by Kazu

The second performance by the students of Sapporo Intercultural and Technological High School was Naginata Sword Dance. The background music was "Ninjari Ban Ban" by Karry Pamyu Pamyu.

In Japan, the wives of samurai warriors were obliged to practice to use Naginata sword to protect themselves in the war and their normal lives. I think it was the matter of the reach of Naginata sword to fight against the males with Japanese traditional sword.   

I think it was a little bit tough for the students of SITHS to bring the fake Naginata sword from Hokkaido to Hawaii but their performance worked wonders there.