The usual red and white song battle early in Brazil at 16:14:14
In Sao Paulo, Brazil, South America, where the world's largest Japanese society is located, a Brazilian version of the Red and White Singing Battle, which became a regular at the end of the year, was held.
The Brazilian version of the Red and White Song Battle is held in Sao Paulo every year by a group of Nikkei people who want to learn Japanese songs from people who moved to Brazil from Japan and their children. .
More than 80 people from 5 to 75 years old from Nikkei I to V who gathered from all over Brazil participated.
Only those who have won the karaoke tournament in Brazil can participate in red and white, and the participants are dressed in elaborate costumes in front of more than 1000 people and boasted to the karaoke tone I showed a singing voice and enjoyed a fine stage once a year.
Brazil is moving away from Japanese, especially among young Nikkei, and the red and white song battle is a good opportunity for Nikkei young people to be interested in Japan.
The 11-year-old girl who participated said, “I love Japanese songs and my dream is to be a singer in Japan. I do n’t have a Japanese teacher in my place, but my grandfather tells me to look at my mobile phone. But I ’m always studying. ”
Tadao Sugawara, the organization that organized the event, said, “Karaoke is also useful for Japanese language education. I want to do red and white for children only next year.”