A group of musicians play the Japanese traditional three-stringed shamisen instruments during the New Year's festival in Olympia

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Performers at the Oshogatsu Olympia New Year's celebration play Kabuki music in the nagauta style with three-stringed shamisen. They pluck the strings with a plectrum, also called a bachi.

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Location: Olympia, Washington, Thurston County, USA
Photo credit: © Lynnette Peizer / Alamy / Afripics
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