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I’ve translated William Dalrymple’s “Nine Lives”, published in January this year.

It has been a year, so amazingly, since my last post, and although I have never…

by tomomi.paromita 31 March 2022

Videos

Joler Niche Pa Dubabi Na…

Joler Niche Pa Dubabi Na… composed by Shashanko Goshai. Baul song and dance by Tomomi Paromita…

by tomomi.paromita 31 January 2022

Translating Japanese

Yuta 1

Yuta is a kind of shaman in Okinawa/Ryukyu and Amami islands in the far South of…

by tomomi.paromita 16 March 2021

Translating Japanese

Biwa Hoshi 3

Continuation from Biwa Hoshi 2. Again, essentially a summary from Hyodo’s work on Biwa Hoshi. In…

by tomomi.paromita 2 March 2021

Translating Japanese

Biwa Hoshi 2

This post is, like the last post, essentially a summary from Hyodo’s work on Biwa Hoshi…

by tomomi.paromita 7 February 2021

Translating Japanese

Biwa Hoshi 1

This is Yoshiyuki Yamashika, the last Biwa Hoshi who has passed away in 1996. He was…

by tomomi.paromita 1 February 2021

Translating Japanese

From the Tales of Heike

I am introducing a very famous poem, it is the very first stanza of the renown…

by tomomi.paromita 25 January 2021

Translating Japanese

Indian mythical tiles from Japan

It was really by chance that I visited the Mosaic Tile Museum of Tajimi, where the…

by tomomi.paromita 21 January 2021

Translating Japanese

Goze 3

I was going to end the posts on Goze with the last post, but then I…

by tomomi.paromita 17 January 2021

Translating Japanese

Goze 2

This is in continuation from the previous post on Goze, the female shaman-minstrels who lived on…

by tomomi.paromita 13 January 2021