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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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Letter from Amy Morooka to Violet Sell (ddr-densho-457-39)
doc Letter from Amy Morooka to Violet Sell (ddr-densho-457-39)
Amy Morooka writes to Violet Sell about the Christmas holiday, issues with Midori, a visit from Martha, upcoming wedding plans, and more.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-457-39/
Letter from Martha Morooka to Violet Sell (ddr-densho-457-23)
doc Letter from Martha Morooka to Violet Sell (ddr-densho-457-23)
Martha Morooka writes to Violet Sell about Christmas gifts, her job in the tuberculosis ward, a murder that took place in camp, and a request for clothes.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-457-23/
Letter from Martha Morooka to Violet Sell (ddr-densho-457-32)
doc Letter from Martha Morooka to Violet Sell (ddr-densho-457-32)
Martha Morooka writes to Violet Sell about Violet's health, a visit from First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, Easter celebrations, school plans, and more.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-457-32/
Letter from Amy Morooka to Violet Sell (ddr-densho-457-21)
doc Letter from Amy Morooka to Violet Sell (ddr-densho-457-21)
Amy Morooka writes to Violet Sell about Christmas celebrations and discusses money owed for items Violet and her father sent to Amy.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-457-21/
Letter from Amy Morooka to Violet Sell (ddr-densho-457-22)
doc Letter from Amy Morooka to Violet Sell (ddr-densho-457-22)
Amy Morooka writes to Violet Sell about the recent holidays, feeling sick with Valley Fever, her new job, being encouraged to leave camp, and encloses a Christmas program.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-457-22/
Blind Japanese Internee Is Thankful for Worship Right (January 2, 1944) (ddr-densho-56-1007)
doc Blind Japanese Internee Is Thankful for Worship Right (January 2, 1944) (ddr-densho-56-1007)
The Seattle Daily Times, January 2, 1944, p. 5
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-1007/
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)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-160-123/
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/
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