Ryukyuan Music

Ryukyuan music (琉球音楽, Ryūkyū ongaku?), or Okinawan music (沖縄音楽, Okinawa ongaku?), is the music of the Ryukyu Islands, largely made up of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

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