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VISTA 360 to Recreate Yoshida's Fire Festival in Jackson, Wyoming. |
In August 2005, president of Vista 360, Candra Day, visited Fujiyoshida to see the Yoshida Fire Festival, (yoshida no Himatsuri 吉田の火祭り,) and decided that it should be the centerpiece of Vista’s next festival designed to celebrate mountain cultures around the world. Vista 360 is a small non-profit organization (NPO) based in Jackson, Wyoming (USA) that was created in 2002-03 during the “UN Year of the Mountains.” Vista’s stated purpose it to celebrate and connect mountain cultures around the world in order to develop and support sustainable lifestyles. The Vista website states “We are inspired by the beauty of mountain arts and traditions and motivated to bring mountain people together to take advantage of globalization, rather than fall victim to it.” (http://www.vista360.org/). In 2003, Vista opened their first festival that celebrated the mountain culture if Kirgizstan by inviting many artists, musicians, and Kirgizstan locals to Jackson and holding a week-long festival. As their second festival, Vista decided to focus on Mt. Fuji and chose Yoshida’s Fire Festival as the centerpiece. Vista’s “Homage to Mt. Fuji” festival was held in Jackson, highlighted by a re-creation of Yoshida’s Fire Festival, in June 2008. It was a huge success and continues to be a big annual event.
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