"Kimochi ii desu" which means "it feels good"!
Yesterday, I saw Chindon-ya on the street. Chindon-ya is a Japanese marching band wearing eccentric costumes which advertises for shops and special events. It used be quite popular but nowadays we rarely see them on the street.
So, while I was taking a picture, some of elderly people came out of their houses to watch them, saying "natsukashii". I think the Chindon-ya brought them back old memories...
6 comments:
Ate* Kay,
Actually, I wasn't the one who uploaded the video, it was somebody else..I read that the ident shortwave theme of Radio Japan is derived from "Kojo no Tsuki." I really want to have a copy of an instrumental of Kojo no Tsuki that is being played before the Japanese service...The "chimes" sound was really very soothing...
*"Ate"(stress on 1st syllable, pronounce it as it is) is a Filipino prefix that is used to address an older sister. On the other hand, "Kuya"(stress on the 1st syllable,pronounce as it is spelled) is used to address an older brother. These polite expressions,they say, were derived from the Chinese language.
Ate Kay,
So, chindon-ya is like a live advertisement,right? Are they singing their company's jingle or just shouting that their product is good, the other product is of low-quality, etc?
Jayson
I am pretty sure the theme is not Kojyo no tsuki and I don't know the title of the theme song...sorry.
I will ask Yuriko (a host of "What's up Japan") when I see her next monday.
Ate Kay,
Maraming salamat po*...Are you online now?
(*"Maraming salamat po" means thank you very much!)
Hi, Kay and Jayson
Radio Japan's opening ID music is called "Japanese childrens' counting song". The song was inherited through generations, so nobody knows who composed it, but it is at least 120 years old. As for the chindon-ya, I think "chin" and "don" are onomatopoeic expression of the percussion instruments they use.
anonymous
Thank you! Yes, the music sounds very familier but didn't know the title. I thought it was a lullaby I used to listen...
And you are right about "Chin" and "don".
Thanks for your remarks!!
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