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The centerpiece of the courtyard, this altar was created through input and donations from several of the evenings' performers.
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Xicanindio Sundancer Moses Mora (right) kicked off Breaking the Fast with a Native North American Intertribal Blessing.
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...The audience filled the temple quickly to see our group's first live performance of Sacred Moon Songs.
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As Nobuko and the Ichigo Ichie chorus drew people towards the performance space...
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Hiroshi, Ariel, and Mari rotate around the audience as they act out phases of the moon, waiting in turn to recite their portions of the choral-poem.
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Reverend Masao Kodani of Senshin (right) and Salam Al-Marayati of MPAC gave us all an education in what it means to be Buddhist ad Muslim, respectively.
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On November 15, 2003, Great Leap, Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress, Muslim Public Affairs Council, and Senshin Buddhist Temple presented "Breaking the Fast." As part of the festivities, Nobuko and several community artists and activists got together to produce "Sacred Moon Songs," a choral-poem / work-in-progress.
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