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 Carolers at a hospital tea party (ddr-densho-37-1252)

Included annotation: W-207, Hospital Silver Tea Party, 12/5, Christmas carol choirs.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-1252/

img Harvest Festival dance (ddr-densho-37-791)

Original WRA caption: Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers, Arizona. A view at a dance given to celebrate the Harvest Festival, which was held on Thanksgiving day at Camp #2.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-791/

img Crowd at a carnival (ddr-densho-37-1221)

Included annotation: R-205, Carnival.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-1221/

img Bon Odori (ddr-densho-37-517)

Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. Although music for the Bon Odori held August 14, was furnished by phonograph records and a loud speaker, it was supplemented by the two drummers shown. They are, left to right, Koshiro Kumagai and Jutaro Gondo. The Bon Odori was sponsored by the Granada Buddhist Church.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-517/

img Harvest Festival Parade (ddr-densho-37-68)

Original WRA caption: Two of the participants of the Harvest Festival Parade, which was witnessed by a large crowd of the residents at this relocation center.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-68/

img Girl and Boy Scouts at July 4th parade (ddr-densho-37-1601)

Included annotation: L-603, July 4th Program, Girl and Boy Scouts.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-1601/

img Harvest Festival Parade (ddr-densho-37-67)

Original WRA caption: Some of the evacuees who participated in the Harvest Festival Parade held at this relocation center.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-67/

img Bingo at a carnival (ddr-densho-37-1219)

Included annotation: R-203, Carnival, Canal.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-1219/

img Girls in costume at a carnival (ddr-densho-37-1217)

Included annotation: R-201, Carnival, Canal.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-1217/

img Platform at July 4th program (ddr-densho-37-1604)

Included annotation: L-606, July 4th Program, Platform.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-1604/

img Labor Day parade (ddr-densho-37-321)

Original WRA caption: A parade was held by evacuees to celebrate Labor Day. Great originality in costuming was shown.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-321/

img Harvest Festival Parade (ddr-densho-37-70)

Original WRA caption: Two of the evacuees who participated in the Harvest Festival Parade which was held at this relocation center.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-70/

img Camp Christmas decorations (ddr-densho-37-680)

Original WRA caption: Block 36 saw favor in the judge's eyes for fifth place in the Christmas dining hall decorations contest, by its homey atmosphere and clever decorations made out of waste material.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-680/

img Performers in a Christmas pageant (ddr-densho-37-1307)

Included annotation: H-302, Christmas Pageant.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-1307/

img Color guard at July 4th parade (ddr-densho-37-1600)

Included annotation: L-601, 4th of July Parade, Color Guards.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-1600/

img Crowd at a Thanksgiving program (ddr-densho-37-1223)

Included annotation: R-207, Thanksgiving Program, Butte.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-1223/

img Christmas choir at a hospital tea party (ddr-densho-37-1251)

Included annotation: W-206, Hospital Silver Tea Party, 12/5, Christmas carol choir.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-1251/

img Bingo at a carnival (ddr-densho-37-1218)

Included annotation: R-202, Carnival, Canal.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-1218/

img Shepherds in a Christmas pageant (ddr-densho-37-1306)

Included annotation: H-301, Christmas Pageant.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-1306/

img Christmas decorations (ddr-densho-37-11)

Original WRA caption: Christmas decorations in Block 1 dining hall.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-11/

img Children at a Christmas event (ddr-densho-37-1301)

Included annotation: F-308, Christmas, Mess Hall.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-1301/

img Christmas decorations in a mess hall (ddr-densho-37-1297)

Included annotation: F-304, Christmas Decoration.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-1297/

img Labor Day queen and her court (ddr-densho-37-322)

Original WRA caption: The labor day queen and her attendants are shown at the coronation ceremony which was a part of the celebration at this relocation center.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-322/

doc Amache Carnival Souvenir (ddr-densho-356-1042)

A silk screen printed image on a tag. The image is of an cartoon Native American head with the words "Carnival So--nir 1943 Compliments of Silk Screen" surrounding it.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-1042/

doc Christmas Card to Yuri Domoto from Min (ddr-densho-356-302)

Christmas card to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Minoru Yonekura. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-277 and ddr-densho-356-320.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-302/