CELEBRATE RICE HARVEST WITH INEKARI.Byline: - Addison Pate Today the Japanese American Japanese Americans (日系アメリカ人 Nikkei Amerikajin Cultural & Community Center presents Inekari: The Harvest Celebration, a family-oriented display of the importance of rice in Japanese and world cultures. Inekari is an outdoor celebration filled with hands-on craft activities for children and food booths offering rice (kome) edibles. In the evening, ``Mare Tranquillitatis Mare Tranquillitatis (Latin for Sea of Tranquility) is a lunar mare that sits within the Tranquillitatis basin on Earth's moon. The mare material within the basin consists of basalt in the intermediate to young age group of the Upper Imbrian epoch. (Sea of Tranquillity),'' an original piece created by artist Hirokazu Kosaka, will celebrate the harvest moon harvest moon, full moon occurring nearest to the autumnal equinox, about Sept. 23. During harvest moon the retardation (later rising each night) of the moon is at a minimum because of the relation of the moon's path to the horizon. . The performance is divided into three movements: the purification, the festival and resonance. Inekari: The Harvest Celebration runs from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center Plaza, 244 S. San Pedro St., Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . Admission is free. For more information, call (213) 628-2725. ``Mere Tranquillitatis'' will begin at 8 p.m. with ticket prices at $20 general admission and $17 for JACCC JACCC Japanese American Cultural and Community Center JACCC joint airlift coordination and control cell (US DoD) JACCC Joint Air Control and Coordination Center members. For more information or to purchase tickets, call (213) 680-3700. |
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