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Ainu

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Ai·nu  (n)
n. pl. Ainu or Ai·nus
1. A member of an indigenous people of Japan, now inhabiting parts of Hokkaido, Sakhalin, and the Kuril Islands.
2. The language of the Ainu.

[Ainu aynu, person.]

Ainu [ˈaɪnuː]
n
1. (Social Science / Peoples) pl -nus, -nu a member of the aboriginal people of Japan, now mostly intermixed with Mongoloid immigrants whose skin colour is more yellowish
2. (Linguistics / Languages) the language of this people, sometimes tentatively associated with Altaic, still spoken in parts of Hokkaido and elsewhere
[Ainu: man]


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Like indigenous peoples elsewhere, the Ainu suffered through an era of forced assimilation which took a heavy toll on their customs, language and way of life, leaving them a disadvantaged minority in modern Japan.
The new additions include a traditional Ainu dance in Hokkaido, northern Japan, performed by the indigenous Ainu people in the area, and ''Gagaku,'' one of Japan's traditional performing arts characterized by long, slow songs and dance-like movements, according to the agency.
00 Paperback Asian and Pacific American transcultural studies BV3457 Oabe (1867-1941) recounts his early life in Japan, his adoption by Ainu in Hokkaido, his conversion to Christianity, his journey to New York, his education at two historically black colleges in the US, his gradual transformation from Meiji gentleman to self-proclaimed Japanese Yankee, and his subsequent career as a missionary.
 
 
 
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