The
Hawaiian Hula is very popular among Japanese women who are from both
young er
andgeneration toolder generation s
these days.
You can often see feature articles in magazines or newspapers, whichareintroducing
e
hula girls wearing vivid ly
colour ed
skirt and adorning their long hair withahair clip s
madeby
of
flowers.
Actually I am the one ofthem
those women
who is addicted to the hula.
But
W
hy on earth, though, is
the hulacame to such
so
popular in Japanwhere
which
is very
far from Hawaii?
The first place I met the
hula was in Waikiki, Hawaii during a trip when I was a college student.
Although before then I have loved dancing since I was a little girl,
but
as soon as I saw the hula, I thought "This is it!" and I looked forthe
a
place where Ican
could
learn the hula in Japan ,
but I could find only
few school s
. whereas
T
here areaboutadouble digit
larger number
of schoolslatelynow.
About a decade later I finally enrolled in
a hula school.
Whenever I am dancing I can easily get rid of stresses from work and be happy.
I would say that is the reason why the hula has
gains
ed
fans among stressful
ed
career women.
They need an oasis in this hard world.
And
A
lso a Japanese society with an aging population due to a low birth ratesmight relate the hula population.
The slow dancing motion of the hula is a good excercise for not only younger people but also elder ly
people.
I was sort of astonished because many old women who are almost as old as my grandmotherwas
were
dancing at a recital.
In consideration of this, it seems that the Japanese hula popularity has been keeping up with the times but I, myself ,
will keep dancing the
hula regardless of the
times from now on.