Recognition at last for Japan’s Ainu

[jason]

recognition for ainu in japan:

In the 19th Century, Japanese people called the northern island of Hokkaido “Ezochi”.
It meant “Land of the Ainu”, a reference to the fair-skinned, long-haired people who had lived there for hundreds of years.
The Ainu were hunters and fishermen with animist beliefs.
But their communities and traditions were eroded by waves of Japanese settlement and subsequent assimilation policies.
Today only small numbers of Ainu remain, and they constitute one of Japan’s most marginalised groups.
On Friday they will have something to celebrate.

Comments

[francisb.livejournal.com]

Thank you for educating me about this people, this was all new to me.