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Holidays and festivals

Striving to maintain normal lives, Japanese Americans held holiday celebrations and festivals inside the concentration camps. Whether decorating mess halls during the Christmas holiday as part of a camp-wide competition or participating in parades to celebrate the harvest of crops from their own gardens, the Japanese Americans demonstrated their resourcefulness and resilience.

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Summer carnival (ddr-densho-159-273)
img Summer carnival (ddr-densho-159-273)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-159-273/
Summer carnival (ddr-densho-159-283)
img Summer carnival (ddr-densho-159-283)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-159-283/
Summer carnival (ddr-densho-159-289)
img Summer carnival (ddr-densho-159-289)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-159-289/
Obon festival (ddr-densho-159-241)
img Obon festival (ddr-densho-159-241)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-159-241/
New Year's celebration (ddr-densho-159-173)
img New Year's celebration (ddr-densho-159-173)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-159-173/
Obon festival (ddr-densho-159-240)
img Obon festival (ddr-densho-159-240)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-159-240/
Obon festival (ddr-densho-159-243)
img Obon festival (ddr-densho-159-243)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-159-243/
New Year's celebration (ddr-densho-159-166)
img New Year's celebration (ddr-densho-159-166)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-159-166/
Summer carnival (ddr-densho-159-276)
img Summer carnival (ddr-densho-159-276)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-159-276/
New Year's celebration (ddr-densho-159-170)
img New Year's celebration (ddr-densho-159-170)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-159-170/
Japanese Americans making mochi (ddr-densho-159-162)
img Japanese Americans making mochi (ddr-densho-159-162)
Preparing mochi (rice cakes) for New Year's celebrations.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-159-162/
Summer carnival (ddr-densho-160-116)
img Summer carnival (ddr-densho-160-116)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-160-116/
Incarcerees wrapping holiday gifts (ddr-densho-160-87)
img Incarcerees wrapping holiday gifts (ddr-densho-160-87)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-160-87/
Agricultural fair display (ddr-densho-160-121)
img Agricultural fair display (ddr-densho-160-121)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-160-121/
Summer carnival (ddr-densho-160-114)
img Summer carnival (ddr-densho-160-114)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-160-114/
Summer carnival (ddr-densho-160-123)
img Summer carnival (ddr-densho-160-123)
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Summer carnival (ddr-densho-160-122)
img Summer carnival (ddr-densho-160-122)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-160-122/
Summer carnival (ddr-densho-160-119)
img Summer carnival (ddr-densho-160-119)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-160-119/
Bon odori dancers (ddr-densho-160-84)
img Bon odori dancers (ddr-densho-160-84)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-160-84/
Summer carnival (ddr-densho-160-117)
img Summer carnival (ddr-densho-160-117)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-160-117/
Summer carnival (ddr-densho-160-113)
img Summer carnival (ddr-densho-160-113)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-160-113/
Agricultural fair display (ddr-densho-160-115)
img Agricultural fair display (ddr-densho-160-115)
These vegetables were grown in a victory garden.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-160-115/
Summer carnival (ddr-densho-160-120)
img Summer carnival (ddr-densho-160-120)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-160-120/
Letter from the Masudas to Mrs. Charles Gates (ddr-densho-211-7)
doc Letter from the Masudas to Mrs. Charles Gates (ddr-densho-211-7)
Letter on a single sheet of paper, folded into quarters, from the Masudas in Poston.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-211-7/
Letter from Ishi Morishita to Mrs. Charles Gates (ddr-densho-211-8)
doc Letter from Ishi Morishita to Mrs. Charles Gates (ddr-densho-211-8)
Letter from the Morishitas telling about their Christmas in Minidoka.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-211-8/
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