Japanese Min-On Concert mesmerised the audience 

Recognising the crucial role that culture can play in this area, Min-On was founded in 1963 at the initiative of Daisaku Ikeda, President of Soka Gakkai International

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S Khurram Raza

The evening at Sri Fort auditorium, where Japanese Performing Arts, Hana-Zakura (Cherry Blossoms) group of the Min-On Concert Association presented their performance was mesmerising and captivating.

The Min-on Concert Association, Tokyo, Japan in association with the Indian Council of Cultural Relation (ICCR) organised the event on Tuesday under the aegis of ‘2017 - The Year of Japan-India Friendly Exchanges’. The objective of this initiative is to enhance people-to-people exchanges between Japan and India. 2017 marks the 60th anniversary of the India Japan Culture Treaty.

Japanese Min-On Concert mesmerised the audience 
Scene of Kabuki dance

The performers comprised of Japanese traditional dance group “Wakatake”, Mr Koushi Tsukuda, Shakuhachi player (Japanese flute), Ms Komakazumi Minami, Narimono player (Japanese Percussion), Mr Katsunari Sawada Tsugaru Shamisen player (Traditional Japanese music) and Ms. Chiaki Eshima, Singer.

The standing ovation given to the Japanese performers by the audience in the packed auditorium speaks a lot about the evening. Music has a universal language and it was visible in the auditorium that despite not knowing a single word of Japanese language, the Indian audience enjoyed every bit of it. Music has the power to bridge differences in race and countries and unite people through its common humanity expressed in melodies and rhythms.

The first performance in the evening was Renjishi, popular Kabuki dance. It was the courageous dance of parent-child lions that expresses the love between them. It was a treat to watch the performance on song ‘So-Ran Bushi’ in which fishermen draw up herring in the net to the ship at the coast. The audience even got the chance to perform on ‘Oki Iwai Ondo’, a song sung on the occasions of celebration in Japan. The artist held a workshop to teach the audience how to perform during the song. There were eleven performances but in the end the Japanese artist performed on Indian song “Dil deke Dekho” which was so captivating that the audience demanded in chorus “once more”.

Recognising the crucial role that culture can play in this area, Min-On was founded in 1963 at the initiative of Daisaku Ikeda, President of Soka Gakkai International (SGI). Registered as an independent and incorporated foundation in 1965, it has since grown to become one of Japan's leading cultural institutions.

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