Interview with Barbara Kawakami #2
Interview with Barbara Kawakami conducted by Franklin Odo, Chris Conybeare, and Joy Chong-Stannard for Hole Hole Bushi: Songs of the Cane Field. Some topics include how and why people made their own clothes, and how rice bags were used as material to make things like pouches. She also displays the different kinds of clothes and materials from plantation days while explaining what they were used for and the different styles.
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