2/22/11

Maiko Girl

This time a postcard arrived from Japan and it's this:





This postcard show a Maiko-Girl and it was choose 16 times (so far) as a favorite.
The sender also put a sticker with a Maiko Girl:




Curiosity about Japan:

The sender told me that Maikos are aged 15 to 20 and have to learn how to dance, play Shamisen and Kyo-Kotoba (Kyoto dialect).

I leave here a video so you can ear the sound of the Shamisen:

 (If you can't watch the video, the link is this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5rs7pfZuPs )


Best Wishes!

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