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Ainu people in front of a traditional building in Shiraoi, Hokkaido. On March 27, 1997, the Sapporo District Court decided a landmark case that, for the first time in Japanese history, recognized the right of the Ainu people to enjoy their distinct culture and traditions.
Ainu culture is the culture of the Ainu people, from around the 13th century (late Kamakura period) to the present.Today, most Ainu people live a life superficially similar to that of mainstream Japanese people, partly due to cultural assimilation.
The term "Ainu" comes from the endonym of the Ainu people, aynu (アイヌ), meaning "people" or "human". According to UNESCO, Ainu is an endangered language with few native speakers. [4] Although there are estimated to be at least 30,000 Ainu people in Japan, [5] there is a low rate of self-identification as Ainu among people with Ainu ethnic ...
The Ainu languages (/ ˈ aɪ n uː / EYE-noo), [1] sometimes known as Ainuic, are a small language family, often regarded as a language isolate, historically spoken by the Ainu people of northern Japan and neighboring islands, as well as mainland, including previously southern part of Kamchatka Peninsula.
Ainu cuisine is the cuisine of the ethnic Ainu in Japan and Russia. The cuisine differs markedly from that of the majority Yamato people of Japan . Raw meat like sashimi , for example, is rarely served in Ainu cuisine, which instead uses methods such as boiling , roasting and curing to prepare meat.
The Japanese government has been trying to get the remains of Ainu people from other countries too, the Asahi Shimbun newspaper reported. But this is the first time the remains of the Ainu have ...
Therefore, many Ainu stories maintain that their first ancestor was a bear. However, an alternative version tells of Kamuy sending a heavenly couple to earth called Okikurumi and Turesh. This couple had a son, whom some consider the first Ainu, and he is believed to have given the people the necessary skills to survive. [4]
Korpokkur (Ainu: コㇿポックㇽ; Japanese: コロポックル, romanized: Koropokkuru), [1] also written Koro-pok-kuru, [2] korobokkuru, korbokkur, or koropokkur, [3] koro-pok-guru, are a race of small people in folklore of the Ainu people of the northern Japanese islands.