Sentences with word «taiko»
"Taiko" is a Japanese word that refers to traditional drums. These drums are large and played with sticks, creating deep and powerful sounds. Taiko drums are often used in Japanese festivals and performances to create rhythm and energy. Full definition
With its battery of taiko drums rattling away ominously, but also a fluty, buoyant finale, it suggests a missing link between Toru Takemitsu (Dodes» ka - den's legendary composer) and the entirely non-Japanese Henry Mancini.
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At 4 PM, head for the Circle of Palms Plaza in front of SJMA where SJMA's Art Portal will be the backdrop for a free showcase of the colors of an Áo Dài procession and a dragon dance, the sounds of taiko drums and zithers, and traditional Vietnamese court costumes.
The weekend's activities include martial arts, taiko performances, cosplay costume contests, and a high - octane, Japanese street wear fashion show.
The Morans collaborated with Jason's band the Bandwagon and guitarist Bill Frisell on a performance inspired by the quilters in Gee's Bend, Ala., and Alice sang Beyonce's «Run the World (Girls)» backed by Japanese taiko drummers.
key, or sit back and enjoy a traditional taiko drum performance just do nt leave yourself out of any of the okinawa dating site festivities.
As for the animation, it's spectacular in every sense of the word and lifted by a superb Alexandre Desplat score, featuring taiko drums, that marks a new career peak for the Oscar - winning composer of The Shape of Water.
Celebrate O - shogatsu, Japanese New Year, at the Boston Children's Museum with taiko drums, the shishimai lion dance, mochi rice pounding, a chado tea ceremony, and more (Boston)
With the support of funding by grants, for example, from the Seattle Arts Commission and the King County Arts Commission, the Examiner began publishing special editions devoted entirely to literature and culture and sponsoring cultural events such as taiko concerts in the community.
Roaring taiko drums, martial arts demos and intergalactic cosplay fashion shows are just a few of the activities that took place during the 2018 Hatsume Fair on April 21 at the Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens in Delray Beach.
Unfortunately, while this choice to set his futuristic fantasy in some kind of pop - culture distillation of Japan enables Anderson to weave elaborately ornate animated tapestries, pepper his screenplay with poignant haikus, and send composer Alexandre Desplat into a fever of taiko rhythms, it also finds him indulging ideas and images that are provoking cries of cultural insensitivity.
and other Japanese compositions, along with a score by Alexandre Desplat that emphasizes thunderous taiko drumming.
(Indeed, the movie is introduced and ushered out by stop - motion taiko percussionists.)
The play of sounds, colors, and textures, derived from Japanese woodblock prints and taiko war drums and films ranging from Hayao Miyazaki's fantasias to «Godzilla» and Akira Kurosawa's «Seven Samurai» (the score of which is utilized in one sequence), is a revivifying mélange.
Meanwhile, Alexandre Desplat's score mixes taiko drums with weirdly jazzy woodwind, while the woozy tones of the 60s West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band rub up against Prokofiev and nods to Seven Samurai.
In Japanese, the term taiko means «drum» — outside of Japan, Taiko refers to a lively routine of ensemble drumming on wadaiko instruments.
I performed taiko, koto and tea ceremony publicly several times.
Attendees can create oshibana (pressed flowers), origami (paper folding) and oshie (raised cloth pictures), as well as watch taiko drumming, mochi (sticky rice cake) pounding, a tea ceremony, shodo (calligraphy) demonstrations, and more.
From bowed dobros and guitars to fujaras, live strings, massive taiko drums and circuit - bended synthesizers, I hope players will enjoy the soundtrack as much as we had making it!
The orchestration takes an «east - meets - west» approach, with the inclusion of taiko ensembles, eastern woodwinds, and harmonies found prevalent in Japanese film and game scores.
You hear taiko drums and shakuhachi, instruments that are recognizable elements of traditional Japanese music.
Partners included dancer and yoga instructor Dr. Aimee Meredith Cox, acupuncturist Julia Bennett, LAc., and Master Herbalist Karen Rose, and renowned taiko musician Kaoru Watanabe.
The controller, based on a traditional Japanese taiko...
The endless street food vendors, toys, games and the bon - odori and taiko performances have always fascinated me as a child,... Continue Reading
Hopefully, with these films offering a double feature, we can go beyond the sumo wrestling and taiko drums to get a fuller sense of that place.
The taiko drums roll out just like thunder on the lossless track while the rush of hooves fills the listener's room.
If sumo wrestlers, haiku poetry, Kabuki theater, sushi, taiko drums (courtesy of composer Alexandre Desplat («The Shape of Water»), cherry blossoms, and symbolic mushroom clouds are your thing, however, you have come to the right place.
I studied kimono wearing, tea ceremony, flower arrangement, aikido, taiko drumming, koto, and shiatsu massage.
This classic 14 night tour is practically overflowing with unforgettable hands - on experiences, from soba noodle - making classes to taiko drumming, pottery, cycling and canoeing.
The event kicks off with a mini procession at Kapiolani Park, featuring a taiko drum performance.
The controller, based on a traditional Japanese taiko...
Her ABOG Fellowship supported Home Economics, a series of underground workshops designed to enrich the critical thinking, self - awareness and strategic planning of a group of young black girls in New York City by providing experiences as varied as acupuncture, herbalism, taiko drumming, and throwing on the pottery wheel.