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Thursday, May 28, 2009
700 Audience at “Anneoung Haisai Exciting Concert” linking Japan,Korea and Okinawa
About 700 people came to “Anneoung Haisai Exciting Concert” held atUeno Mizukami Open-air Music Hall in Tokyo on May 2, 2009. There wereexciting Japanese, Korean, Okinawan and Filipino songs and dances from 3PM to 7:30 PM. The last performers were members of a group of singers “Kottaji, Songs of Hope”, which was formed during the pro-democracymovement in South Korea in 1987. Lee Taesu, one of the members, said, “People in Japan and South Korea are facing very similar problems ? anincrease in non-regular workers and United States military bases. I hopethis concert will be a good opportunity for us to build our hope”, andsang “People Are More Beautiful than Flowers” and “A Dream of a Song”.All the performers came onto the stage at the finale and sang “Like a Rock” together. (M)
日本・韓国・沖縄を結ぶ「あんにょんハイサイわくわくコンサート」に700人
5月2日、東京・上野水上音楽堂で「あんにょんハイサイわくわくコンサート」が開催され、約700人が集まった。午後3時から7時半まで、ノリのいい日本・韓国・沖縄・フィリピンの歌や踊りがつづいた。最後に登壇したのは、1987年の韓国民主化運動のなかで生まれた「希望の歌 コッタジ」。メンバーの歌手イ・テスさんは「日韓の民衆の置かれている状況はよく似ている。それは、非正規労働者の増大と米軍基地の問題だ。このコンサートが希望をつむぐ時間になればいい」と語り、「人は花より美しい」「歌の夢」などを熱唱した。フィナーレ(写真)では、全出演者が登壇し「岩のように」を合唱した。(M)
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