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Karaoke's
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WHAT
DOES KARAOKE MEAN?
Karaoke is a word formed from putting two Japanese words
together. "Kara" that comes from Karappo and means empty and
"Oke", shortened from Okesutura meaning "orchestra". So Karaoke
means "empty orchestra" |
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SOURCE
This incredible popular entertainment has been found out about
30 years ago in the city of Kobe, one of the three biggest
cities in Kansai(Japan).
However other opinions say it was already known far before,
between 1950 and 1960, and that it began with an American
TV-show, according to that version TV-spectors sang following
a ball jumping above the songtext on their TV-screen.
Appearently it was after that period that the Japanese made
the Karaoke entertainment and for the first 20 years it only
was there in Japan, later it came all over the world. |
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A
WAY TO RELAX
Karaoke is a typical way to relax used by the Japanese businessmen,
they use it to take away their stress after work. They go to
a bar with some colleages to have a drink and enjoy themselves
singing to get relaxed. |
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CURIOSITIES. THE "KARAOKE BOXES"
With the development of the Karaoke also sellings-problems
came up because in that time most of the Japanese houses were
made of wood, so singing at home in the evening was very disturbing
for their neighbours. That's why the "karaoke boxes" were
born.
These are acoustically isolated rooms, closed with a door,
placed on roadsides where people can sing, without disturbing
anybody else. The first "Karaoke box" was placed in 1984 in
a rice camp of Prefectura de Okayama, in the eastern zone
of Kansai. Later they became more comun, even nearby the cities,
and in buildings, these last ones are individual soundproofed
rooms. At present there are more than 100.000 "Karaoke boxes"
in Japan. |
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WHY
DO WE LIKE SINGING?
Let's first admit that we all like to sing. We often sing in
the car, having a shower and so on, but the sensation that you
are singing in a public place, knowing that everybody is watching
you is quite different. Karaoke is always an "outcome" in bars,
restaurants, hotels and houses. Singing takes your troubles
away and is relaxing, that's why so many people get addicted
to it. |
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