DESCRIPTION:
Allison Arakawa singing "Hole Hole Bushi", a Hawaiian plantation worker's song, wearing Issei-style clothing made by Barbara Kawakami at the opening of the exhibition, "Textured Lives: Japanese Immigrant Clothing from the Plantations of Hawai'i."

"Hole Hole Bushi" were the songs sung by the first generation of Japanese immigrants to Hawaii.

February 27, 2010
Japanese American National Museum

Textured Lives: Japanese Immigrant Clothing from the Plantations of Hawai'i
February 27 - August 22, 2010
http://www.janm.org/exhibits/texturedlives/

Read an interview with Allison on Discover Nikkei:
http://www.discovernikkei.org/en/journal/2010/06/29/hole-hole-bushi/