An Appeal to Uchinānchu Taikai Festival Overseas Attendees

ʻohana ma ka hoʻomanaʻo kaua ma Okinawa
Hoʻomanaʻo ka poʻe i ka poʻe i hōʻeha i ke kaua ʻo Okinawa ma Itoman, Okinawa, i ka wā o ke kaua honua ʻelua. Kiʻi: Hitoshi Maeshiro/EPA

Na Veterans for Peace, World BEYOND War, Nowemapa 8, 2022

Mensõrē hoa shimānchu mai ke ao holoʻokoʻa; aloha mai i kou nmari-jima, ko ʻoukou ʻāina hānau!

Kanahikukūmāhiku makahiki ma hope o ka Kaua o Okinawa, a 50 makahiki mai ka "reversion, "a i ʻole ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i Iapana, ke hoʻomau nei ka ʻoihana kaua e hoʻopili iā mākou i nā kaua: Korea, Viet Nam a me Afghanistan e inoa i kekahi. Ma hope o nā makahiki he ʻumi o ka hoʻopiʻi aupuni a me ke kānāwai o Okinawan, nā ʻōlelo hoʻoholo, ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ke kaiapuni, nā hōʻikeʻike lehulehu, a me ka hoʻolohe ʻole kīwila e pale i ko mākou ʻāina a me nā keiki, me he mea lā ʻaʻole i pau ke kaua. Uchinā. A Haʻawina kula ʻo Kyōto ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻike ʻana o PFOS, kahi mea maʻi maʻi maʻi nui, i loko o ke kahe koko o nā kamaʻāina Ginowan i ʻehā mau manawa kiʻekiʻe ma mua o ka awelika aupuni e hōʻike ana i ka hoʻomau ʻana o ka poʻe Okinawans i ka make i nā kaua o nā poʻe ʻē aʻe.

ʻO nā kenekulia o nā ʻike make me nā kaua a me ka militarism ua hana i kahi mea ikaika waiwai moʻomeheu o ka maluhia no Ryūkyūans ma ke ʻano he kumu no ka palekana. Me kēia moʻolelo e hoʻopiʻi nei ʻo Okinawa i ka honua, me ʻoe ma ke ʻano he loulou.

I kēia lā, ua hoʻi ka hoʻoweliweli kaua (kaua maoli) i Okinawa. Ke hoʻomākaukau nei ka pūʻali koa US a me ka Japan Self Defense Forces (JSDF) no ke kaua kūʻē i ka repubalika e pili ana, ʻo Kina.

ka Ryūkyū Shimpo a Iapana Ua hōʻike ʻia ʻo Times ma Dekemaba 24, 2021, ma ke ʻano he poʻomanaʻo nūhou, ua hoʻomākaukau ʻia no kahi "Taiwan contingency," he kaua kūʻē iā Kina. ʻO ka "hoʻolālā hui like ʻo US-Iapana," e pili ana i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i nā kahua hoʻouka kaua ma ka pae ʻāina ʻo Ryūkyū. Ke kūkulu ʻia nei nā kahua hoʻolaha missile JSDF ʻO Yonaguni, Ishigaki, Miyako a Nā mokupuni ʻo Okinawa. Ke hoʻomākaukau nei ʻo US i ka nuklea-hiki i ka waena waena a nā missiles supersonic. Ua ʻōlelo aʻe kekahi mea loiloi pūʻali koa, "inā komo ʻo ʻAmelika i kahi kaua me Kina, ʻoiaʻiʻo e lilo ʻo Okinawa i ka helu ʻekahi o Kina."

Inā e piʻi aʻe ka hana kaua o ka honua i kahi kaua kīwila Kina, e kūʻē ka US a me Iapana iā Kina mai ka Southwest Islands (Okinawa), ka mea e hāʻawi iā Kina i ka "hōʻoia" ma lalo o ke kānāwai o ka honua e hoʻopaʻi. E like me ka wā o ke kaua, e pae kekahi o kēlā mau pōkā a me nā missiles ma luna o ka pahu hopu, e hāʻule kekahi ma nā hale, nā kula, nā kula a me nā hale hana o nā poʻe kamaʻāina, i kēia hihia. ʻaʻole pili i kēia kaua. Eia hou, e hana ʻia ʻo Okinawans suteishi, nā pawn kaumaha, ʻoiai he 77 mau makahiki i hala aku nei i ka wā i luku ʻia ai ka 1/3 o ka poʻe Uchinānchu. Ua hauʻoli mākou i ka ʻike ʻana ua hiki i kekahi poʻe Ukrainia ke pakele i ke kaua ma ko lākou ʻāina ma ke kaʻa. Ma Okinawa, ʻaʻohe ala e pakele ai. Me ka hoʻoweliweli hou o ka piʻi ʻana o ka nuklea, hiki iā Ryūkuyū ke alo i ka luku.

Ma muli o ka nui o ka pūʻali koa US a me Iapana i Okinawa, me he mea lā, inā he kaua me Kina, ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻouka ʻia ka pūʻali koa Kina i ko mākou mau mokupuni. Akā ʻaʻole i kono ka poʻe Okinawa i kēia hele ʻana. Akā, ua koi ʻia ma luna o mākou, e kūʻē i ko mākou makemake i hōʻike ʻia, me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka mana koa a me nā mākaʻi haunaele, e nā ʻāina ʻelua wale nō e hoʻouka kaua iā Ryukyu: Iapana a me ka US.

Ma lalo o ka ʻōlelo "No More Battle of Okinawa", hōʻole mākou i ke kapa ʻia ʻana o kā mākou shima (nā mokupuni / kauhale) ma ke ʻano he "ʻāina kaua". Ke koi nei mākou i nā aupuni Iapana a me ʻAmelika e haʻalele i kā lākou hoʻolālā e hoʻohana iā Uchinā i kahua kaua, a e hoʻōki i ke kūkulu ʻana i nā kahua hoʻolele missile a me nā hoʻomaʻamaʻa kaua ma ko mākou mau mokupuni.

E nā kaikunāne shimānchu a me nā hoa pili mai ke ao holoʻokoʻa: ua noi aku nā kiaʻāina o Okinawa i hala a me kēia manawa iā Uchināchu Diaspora no kāu kōkua. E ʻoluʻolu e hui pū me ka lokahi ma kou mau ʻāina like ʻole, a kāhea aku no No More Battles of Okinawa. E ʻoluʻolu e waiho i kāu mau manaʻo i ke Kuhina Nui o Iapana ma: https://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/forms/comment_ssl.html

Inā he lāhui ʻAmelika kou, e ʻoluʻolu e kelepona i kāu mau luna i koho ʻia, ʻoi aku hoʻi i nā luna o nā Kōmike ʻOihana Koa. Kākau a hoʻouna e hoʻonaʻauao i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe, no ka mea, ʻaʻole lawa ka hoʻouna ʻana i nā kōkua kōkua ma hope o ka pau ʻana o Okinawa.

Nuchi dū Takara: He waiwai ke ola. E mālama kākou iā ia, me kā kākou ponoʻī. ʻO Chibaraya!

 

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He wahi manaʻo liʻiliʻi:

ʻO ka helu 2016 o ka nui o ka ʻOkinawa diaspora kau ia ma 420,000.  Wahi a NHK, ma kahi o 2,400 Uchinānchu ma waho (ʻo ia hoʻi, "Okinawans") i huakaʻi mai 20 mau ʻāina a me nā ʻāpana a puni ka honua, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Hawaii, ka ʻāina nui o ʻAmelika, a me Pasila e komo i kēia ʻahaʻaina nui.

"Hoʻohanohano ka 'World Uchinanchu Festival' i nā mea i hoʻokō ʻia e ka poʻe Okinawan mai nā wahi a pau o ka honua, ʻike i ka waiwai nui o ka hoʻoilina kaiāulu o Okinawa, a ʻimi e hoʻonui a hoʻomohala i ka pūnaewele Uchina ma o ka hoʻololi ʻana me nā kamaʻāina ʻo Okinawan a puni ka honua. ʻO ka manaʻo e hoʻohui i nā kānaka, e hōʻoia hou i ko lākou aʻa a me ko lākou ʻano, a ma laila e hiki ai ke hoʻoili iā lākou i ka hanauna e hiki mai ana. Kākoʻo ʻia ka ʻahaʻaina e ka Uchinanchu Festival Executive Committee o ka honua, i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e Okinawa Prefecture a me nā hui e pili ana, a ua mālama ʻia ma kahi o hoʻokahi manawa i kēlā me kēia ʻelima mau makahiki mai ka ʻahaʻaina mua ma 1990 (Heisei 2). ʻO kēia ka wehewehe ʻana i loaʻa ma ka pūnaewele festival.

ʻO ka hoihoi a hoʻoulu hope loa ua mālama ʻia ma ʻOkinawa Cellular Stadium ma ke Kulanakauhale o Naha. I ka pau ana o ka hopena nui (mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka hola ʻehā), hiki iā ʻoe ke hauʻoli i ka nānā ʻana i nā poʻe e hana ana i ka hula poʻe leʻaleʻa i kapa ʻia ʻo kachāshī. ʻO ka hui kaulana E hoʻomaka, me kā lākou alakaʻi mele ʻo Higa Eishō (比嘉栄昇)alakaʻi i ka hīmeni ʻana ma ka hopena o ka hopena.

Aia a i parade kahi i ʻaʻahu ai ʻo Uchinānchu i nā ʻaʻahu mai nā wahi a puni o ka honua a hele ma ke alanui International (a i ʻole "Kokusai Doori"). ʻO ka laʻana wikiō a NHK o ka parade i loaʻa maʻaneʻi. Nui nā pou e pili ana i ka hanana hiki ke ʻike ʻia ma Facebook pū kekahi.

Ma ka ʻaha hoʻopau, wahi a Kiaaina Tamaki, "Ma nā kamaʻilio ʻana me ʻoukou a pau, ua hoʻoneʻe au ma nā ʻano he nui. ʻO mākou ʻo Uchinānchu he ʻohana nui me nā paʻa paʻa. E hui hou kākou me nā ʻakaʻaka ma ko kākou mau maka i nā makahiki ʻelima.

Ma ka Luchu-ākea referendum o Pepeluali 2019, “Ua hōʻike aku ka 72 pakeneka o ka poʻe koho pāloka o Okinawa i ko lākou kūʻē ʻana i ka hana hoʻolaʻa ʻana a ke aupuni aupuni ma waho o ke kapakai o ka ʻāpana Henoko o Nago no ke kūkulu ʻana i wahi pani no ka US Marine Corp.'s Air Station Futenma." A pela no ke Kiaaina kue i ke kahua o Henoko kukulu hale.

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