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Parade of Nations – American Samoa

French: Samoa Américaines // English: American Samoa // Japanese: アメリカ領サモア (Amerikaryō Samoa)

    American Samoa formed its National Olympic Committee in 1987 and participated in its first Olympics as a country at the 1988 Seoul Summer Olympics. They haven’t hosted any Olympic Games, but they’ve participated in 8 Summer Games and 1 Winter Game. The Olympic sports in which American Samoa has competed are Athletics (i.e. track and field, road running, racewalking, & cross country running), Boxing, Judo, Swimming, and Weightlifting.

Kimono Maker: Shiraki-Sensho/白木染匠

    “Samoa is divided into east and west; West Samoa is a ‘Samoa independent country,’ while East Samoa is still an American territory. I aimed for a graphical work with the national flag as a motif. This graphical design is a difficult technique to draw with a hand-painted Yuzen, hand-threaded, gold leaf, and embroidery. It’s a wonderful work with design ability and technical ability to reproduce it.”[1]

Obi Maker: Rakuyo Orimono Co., Ltd. /洛陽織物

    “In American Samoa, there are two traditional dyeing and weaving methods using barkcloth called ‘shiapou.’ This time, it was constructed based on the handwriting method called Mamanu, which was dyed and woven by a local Shiapou artist. Motif is often used in design at Shiapou. It’s a design that incorporates various local animals and plants into the lattice.” [1]

Bibliography

Source 1 – Kimono Project for American Samoa

(https://kimono.piow.jp/nation/156.html)

Index Page – IOWKP x Tokyo 2020 Parade of Nations