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"Tinsagunu Hana" is one of the most popular song in Okinawa for Children. The melody is in a beautiful Ryukyuan scale. "Tinsagunu Hana" refers to the Rose Balsam flower, and the song teaches children to keep in their mind what their parents say, just as they dye their fingernails with the juice of the red petals of the Rose Balsam flower.

Sung and performed by "Chulala" (active in early 2000), an Okinawan girls' group formed by then high school students, Reika Higa, Ayano Oyakawa, and Rina Kinjyo, who had studied the sanshin (Okinawan three-stringed instrument) and Okinawan Ryukyu Dance from a young age. The three voices are perfectly in tune with the new interpretation of the track, and the sanshin, is superb.

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  • Chulala

    Chulala is an Okinawan girls group who were active in the early 2000s. After auditioning in Okinawan, the group was formed by three high school students at the time, Reika Higa, Ayano Oyakawa, and Rina Kinjyo, who had studied Sanshin and Okinawan Ryukyuan Dance since childhood. Based on the legendary venue Uta Ashibi Kaguraza in Naha of Okinawa, they were also active in Okinawa product exhibitions held nationwide to perform Ryukyu Traditional Songs. In 2005, they released Okinawa E Ikou (Let's go to Okinawa), a song to attract tourists from all over Japan to Okinawa. The arrangement that sublimated Okinawan songs into pop music, which later led to cover songs, still has many fans, and Okinawa E Ikou (Let's go to Okinawa), has established itself as a new pop song that represents Okinawa.

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