watch the original short film:
https://youtu.be/Ij2Jxjxyth8

pre-order the audio-only EP:
https://tinyurl.com/uyarefusal-bandcamp

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written and sung in Uchinaaguchi, one of the indigenous Ryūkyūan languages

English translation:

The Yanbaru wind
divorces itself from the island,
to a distant place.
Which direction will it go?

The Yanbaru wind
divorces itself from me.
I want to go together.
Which direction will it go?

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作曲 original music and lyrics:
yana-imi

沖縄語 編集 Uchinaaguchi (Okinawan) editing:
Chogi Higa, Brandon Ufugusuku Ing

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Uyafaafuji's Refusal: An Ode To The Yanbaru (EP)

original sanshin song | maa mutii ichuga? (translation in the description)

Gachimayaa

ヤナイミ 𝘆𝗮𝗻𝗮-𝗶𝗺𝗶, "𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒆" 𝒊𝒏 𝑼𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒂𝒈𝒖𝒄𝒉𝒊
Ryūkyūan (Okinawan) x Japanese roots
music, noise, soundscapes, video

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