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One of Hawaii's original Hawaiian music groups. There is a sadness and pathos in their tunes, even when the beat is up-beat! Songs of a culture all but lost. One hears the same lonely edge in the folk music of the Ryukyu Islands, Japan's 'Hawaii'. Both Hawaii and the Ryukyus the victims of powerful neighbors. And the game goes on today...

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