The transmission of words of Uchinaguchi origin through the main Okinawan cultural characteristics and their reception in the Nikkei community of Lima, 2018

Abstract

The largest part of Lima’s Nikkei community is composed of Okinawan descendants. Therefore, the arts, gastronomy, and rites of Okinawa are cultural characteristics that are part of the lives of the members of this community. Although the native language of Okinawa (Uchinaguchi) is in danger of extinction, this paper exhibits that the practice of these cultural characteristics, at home and in community events and workshops, generates the transmission and reception of Uchinaguchi words (“uchinaguisms”) in Lima’s Nikkei community.