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Island-style fun as seen
through the cameras eye
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Matsuri show
The 25th annual parade marches
down Kalakaua Avenue
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Groups of all ages took part in the 25th annual Matsuri in Hawaii parade yesterday in Waikiki. Members of the Hawaii Panraku Club of Hawaii, left, performed a traditional Okinawan song as they made their way down Kalakaua Avenue.
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Young island visitors were an impromptu addition to the ranks of the Tamaito-Kai dancers from Japan.
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Bearing the good-luck charm called the "matoi," members of Risshho Kosei-Kai of Hawaii and Karatsu, Japan, took turns carrying it down Kalakaua Avenue.
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Abu Tuisavura cheered as he joined Oshioni Hozonkai as they bore a dragon to scare away evil spirits.
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Dancers from Sapporo Hyttoko Odori broke into an unplanned swing dance routine as they made their way down the parade route.
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