Saturday, March 17, 2007

Concert at harvest time



We travelled two hours north to a village where a Japanese architect settled about fifteen years ago. He built an eco house, established a rice field and farms the land organically. Every autumn, just before the clocks are put back from daylight saving, and the harvests are in, he invites people from various cultures to come and perform music. For this he constructed an outdoor theater. From the bottom of a hill where he built a simple stage, the hill rises at 26 degrees, the slope at which a Greek amphitheater was built. Yoshi has cut seats into this hill. Austrian dancers, Irish bands, Chinese opera singers, Japanese drummers, mixing with latter day Whole Earthers, this was a celebration of the strength that diversity brings.

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