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Island-style fun as seen through the camera's eye

Ancestral salute

The Buddhist celebration
of Obon raises spirits in Palolo

PHOTOS BY DENNIS ODA / DODA@STARBULLETIN.COM The Buddhist celebration of the Obon season, honoring the dead through song and dance, swung through the Palolo Higashi Hongwanji on Saturday. Pounding a beat for the dancers was drummer Glenn Tomita.

PHOTOS BY DENNIS ODA / DODA@STARBULLETIN.COM Traci Tsuda and her daughters, 4-year-old Melinie, left, and 7-year-old Michelle, got into the spirit of the dance, wearing traditional outfits.

PHOTOS BY DENNIS ODA / DODA@STARBULLETIN.COM 11-year-old Jodi Malinoski, left, shared a light-hearted moment with 17-year-old Alishia Ginoza.

PHOTOS BY DENNIS ODA / DODA@STARBULLETIN.COM Both the young and the young at heart danced to the music.

PHOTOS BY DENNIS ODA / DODA@STARBULLETIN.COM Dance participant Dorothy Takizawa had fun swaying to the beat.