Parade of Nations – Antigua and Barbuda
French: Antigua-et-Barbuda // English: Antigua and Barbuda // Japanese: アンティグア・バーブーダ (Antigua Bābūda)
Antigua and Barbuda formed its National Olympic Committee in 1966 and participated in its first Olympics as a country at the 1976 Montreal Summer Olympics. They haven’t hosted any Olympic Games, but they’ve participated in 10 Summer Games and no Winter Games. The Olympic sports in which Antigua and Barbuda has competed is Athletics (i.e. track and field, road running, racewalking, & cross country running).
Kimono Maker: Konya/こんや
“It is a work of "Hon Aizome". The difficulty of this dyeing is beyond description. The technique of resist dyeing the indigo from flooding into the fabric makes it more difficult. A beautiful piece of green and blue with bananas and pineapples.”[1]
Obi Maker: Seiichi Endo/ 遠藤 誠一
“Using red, black, white, blue, and yellow used for the national flag, increasing yellow, which means hope for the future, the striped pattern that is the basis of Ogura Ori and the rhythm of the cheerful people of the Caribbean, like a wave returning I finished it in a lattice that you can feel.” [1]
Bibliography
Source 1 – Kimono Project for Antigua and Barbuda
(https://kimono.piow.jp/nation/102.html)
Index Page – IOWKP x Tokyo 2020 Parade of Nations
