Synopsis

The streets of Naha, Okinawa, resonate with a chorus of languages as participants from across the globe celebrate at the "Worldwide Uchinanchu" festival, a vibrant fusion of samba and hula. Approximately seven thousand three hundred Okinawan descendants have journeyed home for this occasion—those who emigrated in search of opportunity, or who were displaced in the aftermath of World War II. Others are second and third generations, drawn to reconnect with their ancestral heritage. We journey to K