The news says that Florida has a problem with formerly pet snakes released into the wild and growing huge and dangerous. Pythons are called nishiki-hebi in Japanese. Their only known use (well, as far as I know...) is to cover the sounding board on Okinawa sanshins. They look good and sound good when converted into these musical instruments.
Is there a way to introduce the Florida snake hunters to the Okinawa sanshin makers who need nishiki-hebi for their musical instruments?
Okinawa Looks Like This
Peaceful: a beautiful place for a walk
自己紹介
- Chura
- Born and raised in the USA (NJ), I’ve spent most of my adult life in Japan. One of my favorite places in Japan is Okinawa. To me, Okinawa is a land of stories and an island of music, magic and mystery. The music is shima-uta, songs sung to the rhythm of a three-stringed lute called a sanshin. The magic is in the colors of land, sea and sky. The mystery? Mystery begins where the line between legend and verifiable human memories begins to blur. I am a member of the Archaeological Institute of America, chapter chief of a sanshin study society, and a founding member of the Marine Culture Research Association of Okinawa.