User:Turlington

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Work in Progress

 * Ryukyuan religion
 * Bingata

Finished Created Work

 * Juba dance

Article looks nice, but I always thought hambone was more than just dance. See http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview/id/430900.html and http://www.pbs.org/riverofsong/teachers/ext2.html#hambone


 * "Hambone" is a name for a particular way of using body percussion to accompany songs with very rhythmic combinationds [sic]. It involves many body percussion sounds, in addition to the usual stamp, pat, clap and snap.

It might even be considered to have had an influence on Beatboxing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatboxing
 * Although that article's history section is woefully inadequate. See: http://www.humanbeatbox.com/history/p2_articleid/27

You might also find this article on the "unique sound" of the U.S. Virgin Islands interesting: http://www.usvitourism.vi/culture_history Good luck! Ileanadu (talk) 17:57, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

Finished Major Edits

 * Grease (musical)
 * Shisa
 * Eisa (dance)
 * White rice
 * History of the Ryukyu Kingdom (an article featuring redundant information and a link dump; farmed out good info and scrapped the rest; now redirected to Ryukyu Kingdom)
 * Naka gusuku --> Nakagusuku (castle) (redirect and gusuku wiki fixes)

Future Goals

 * Fill out Ryukyu culture articles
 * Use pyramid power either to rule the world or to make it a better place or both

Use Links for Wikipedia

 * Category Tree tool
 * TOOLS!
 * Dictionary

Turlington's Ryukyu Mini-Portal

 * Wonder Okinawa
 * Wonder Okinawa search

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Geography
Ryukyu Islands


 * Okinawa Islands
 * Okinawa Honto
 * Ie-jima
 * Kume
 * Outlying Islands (Miyagi, Tsuken, Kudaka, Izena, etc.)
 * Miyako Islands
 * Miyako-jima
 * Yaeyama Islands
 * Iriomote
 * Ishigaki
 * Yonaguni
 * Kagoshima Prefecture

History and Culture
Ryukyuans, Ryukyuan history, Ryukyu Kingdom, Gusuku (Shuri Castle, Nakijin gusuku, Zakimi gusuku, Nakagusuku (castle), Katsuren gusuku), Battle of Okinawa, Ryukyuan religion, Shisa, Eisa (dance)