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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Y. Mara Teresa Hernndez Reyes

In Mexico, a Japanese traditional dancer shows how body movement speaks beyond culture and religion

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When music requires her to cry, Japanese traditional dancer Naoko Kihara barely alters her expression. It’s her arms and torso that move like a slow-motion wave.

“Expression is minimal because we cry with our body,” said Kihara, wrapped in her white and navy kimono, on a recent day at her dancing studio in Mexico, where an estimated 76,000 Japanese descendants live.

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