Abstract
In this paper, I examine how different ethnic peoples can be as one group. For that purpose, I take a case of the Chinese Dragon and Lion Dance Team in Overseas Chinese Association in Ryukyu Islands and show what social classes the team members belong to through researching the Life Histories of the team members.
There are big economical gaps among people living in Okinawa, and Taiwanese have also been divided economically as they lived from generation to generation. It makes Taiwanese difficult to get along with each other in one team even though they belong to the same ethnic group. On the contrary, the members of the new Chinese Dragon and Lion Dance team belongs nearly same social class and also have same attitude to life. This is the bases of their multi-ethnic partnership. The research results show it is possible we have common sense across different ethnic background and that the common sense is different from each member's ethnic back ground. It comes from the new social context made in among the team members.
The most important finding in this case is that the team members can make their own social relations by themselves through being the team member even though they live in highly specialized and individualized urban society.
