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Mr.
Masamichi Ozaki, Ms. Kaori Watanabe and Ms. Asami Imanishi are three
young talented Japanese volunteers dispatched by the Japan
International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
They have performed in ten concerts in various areas in
Jordan
, namely, Darat Al-Funun,
Yarmouk
University
,
University
of
Jordan
, Zaa’tari in Mafraq governorate, Azraq Nature
Reserve, Madaba, Jabal Naser, Irbid, Aqaba and Wadi Musa.
During the concert, the artists played “Etenraku”,
which has been performed in joyful occasions in
Japan
for 1,400 years accompanied with “Hichiriki”,
a Japanese short, double-reed aerophone
instrument used in ancient court music, and another two western
musical instruments, the piano and the flute. The musicians also
played a Japanese melancholic melody entitled “Hometown” and
concluded the concert with a tune entitled “New Asia”.
Mr. Masamichi Ozaki, who is also the
designer of the Japanese garden, said, “
Japan
and the Arab world have been keeping close
historical ties via the
Silk Road
which dates back to ancient times”. “We hope
to consolidate a new bridge between our two countries,
Japan
and
Jordan
”, Mr. Ozaki added.
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