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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img Christmas decorations in an activity hall (ddr-fom-1-55)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-55/

img Women in circle (ddr-hmwf-1-54)

"Women in traditional dress joined in a circle"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-hmwf-1-54/

img Christmas Party (ddr-hmwf-1-472)

"Christmas Party 29-30 Mess Hall, Dec 25-1943" as described on back, Santa Claus handing out gifts

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-hmwf-1-472/

img Christmas Exercise (ddr-hmwf-1-474)

"Christmas Exercise 22-25 Rec Hall, Dec 22-1943" as described on back, children performing

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-hmwf-1-474/

img Children with Santa (ddr-fom-1-412)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-412/

img Men and women dancing (ddr-hmwf-1-55)

"Men and women in traditional dress in front of barracks"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-hmwf-1-55/

img Women dancing (ddr-hmwf-1-56)

"Women in traditional dress dancing around float structure"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-hmwf-1-56/

img Christmas Party (ddr-hmwf-1-463)

"Christmas Party 29-30 Mess Hall, Dec 25-1943, Bud Aoyama Project Photographer" as described on back

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-hmwf-1-463/

img Girls Dancing (ddr-hmwf-1-271)

"Emi Matsumoto, Banto-Mikaru Odori 21-30 Mess, Aug 27 1944" as described on back, SuperXX SuperIkontaB-Flash f12 1/100

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-hmwf-1-271/

img Christmas Party (ddr-hmwf-1-464)

"Christmas Party 29-30 Mess Hall, Dec 25-1943" as described on back

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-hmwf-1-464/

img Christmas decorations in a mess hall (ddr-fom-1-57)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-57/

img Office Christmas party (ddr-fom-1-426)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-426/

img Christmas decorations in a mess hall (ddr-fom-1-59)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-59/

img Christmas decorations in a mess hall (ddr-fom-1-60)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-60/

img Five women inside a building at Minidoka (ddr-fom-1-63)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-63/

img Parade (ddr-hmwf-1-600)

Boy Scout Parade

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-hmwf-1-600/

img Christmas Exercise (ddr-hmwf-1-473)

"Christmas Exercise 22-25 Rec Hall, Dec 22-1943" as described on back, children performing

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-hmwf-1-473/

img Christmas Exercise (ddr-hmwf-1-461)

"Christmas Exercise 22-25, Rec Hall, Dec 22 1943, Project Photographer- Bud Aoyama" as described on back, group of kids practicing for a Christmas Exercise

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-hmwf-1-461/