Greeks in Japan are few, but about 25 students from the university have been inspired by the Pontic mentality and tradition
Kotsari and serra, not in some Pontic village in Greece or Trebizond, but in Kyoto, Japan.
Babis Kyrmanidis, a dance teacher, has just returned from a distant country, hence the video of the lessons he gave to stubborn young people, whichThey learn to play the lyre and dance Pontic. And they live it.
“Perhaps it is due to the character of the Japanese that they show patience and perseverance to learn such difficult dances while learning to play the lyre from the internet“, explains Mr. Kirmanidis.
His first visit to Japan in 2022 gave him the idea for an introduction to the Pontic spirit, and he returned once again this year. Until two weeks ago he was in the old capital of Japan, to strengthen the teaching, which is done without a specialist. The There are few Greeksy, but about 25 students from the university have been inspired by the Pontic mentality and tradition.
Some groups gather 4-5 times a year and train in Pontiac. Mostly self-taught in singing, dancing and acting. As Mr. Kyrmanidis, the lecturer of the school, an excellent connoisseur of the Greek language, translated texts to put them in the spirit of the Pontic mentality.
Japan is located 11,000 km. away the cost of transportation is high, but the students hope to find a way to travel to Greece and live their dream. The road of civilization willy-nilly leads to Greece.
In an era where mindless entertainment reigns supreme, especially among Japan’s youth, “manga” comics, with references to the Nazi past from World War II, have been raising a sociological issue in the last decade.
It was the Prussian army that Japan adopted more than 150 years ago during its modernization period in 1868 under Emperor Meiji, according to historian Takuma Melber, who explains the causes of the problem. These origins pushed the country, after stifling German pressure, into joining the Axis in September 1940. Remnants of the story survive to this day as ‘pop culture’.
It is difficult to understand. Japanese “manga” and “anime” (animation) series that celebrate the aesthetics of National Socialism and glorify militarism and weapons became fashionable. Can kitsch become dangerous?
If nothing else the Kyoto students seem to be setting new standards with the Pontic dances and what they represent in valor and militancy, accompanied by history. Can this spirit replace an estimated $250 billion industry?
Source :Skai
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