the ainu(s)
1Ainu music — refers to the musical traditions of the Ainu people of northern Japan.Genres include the oldest, yukar (mimicry), which is a form of epic poetry, and upopo, in which the second contrapuntal voice had to imitate the musical formula in the first… …
2Ainu (Sprache) — Ainu (アイヌ イタク, Aynu itak) Gesprochen in Japan, früher auch Russland Sprecher 15 Linguistische Klassifikation Iso …
3Ainu-Sprache — Ainu (アイヌ イタク, Aynu itak) Gesprochen in Japan, früher auch Russland Sprecher 15 Linguistische Klassifikation Isolierte Sprache …
4Ainu cuisine — is the cuisine of the ethnic Ainu in Japan. The cuisine differs markedly from that of the Wajin, or ethnic Japanese. Ainu cuisine, for instance, does not prepare raw meats like sashimi instead preferring to boil, roast or cure meat. The island of …
5AINU LITERATURE — The term Ainu refers to an indigenous people who once occupied the northern islands of Hokkaido, Sakhalin, and the Kurils and who are now largely assimilated into the Japanese population, although there are still remnants in parts of Hokkaido …
6Ainu Times — The Ainu Times is the only newspaper published in the Ainu language. It uses both special katakana and romanizations in its articles. Its current (2006) editor is Takashi Hamada.External links* [http://www.geocities.jp/otarunay/taimuzu.html Ainu… …
7Ainu — The largest indigenous population of Japan, descending from ancestors who migrated there around 10,000 years ago. The Ainu mainly live in the northern islands of what is now Japan, especially Hokkaido and the Tsugaru Strait area, although in… …
8Ainu — people native to northern Japan and far eastern Russia, 1819, from the Ainu self designation, lit. man, human. Once considered to be Caucasian, based on their appearance; but DNA testing has disproven this. Their language is an isolate with no… …
9Ainu dog — the Ainu of northern Japan taught their dogs to catch migrating salmon. The dogs are also called Hokkaido inu …
10Ainu people — Infobox Ethnic group group=Ainu Group of Ainu people, 1904 photograph. poptime=50,000 people with half or more Ainu ancestry Pre Japanese era: 50,000, ethnically homogeneous Ainu popplace=flagcountry|Japan flagcountry|Russia langs=Ainu is the… …
