Japanese★Ainu

There are various dance in AINU; rimuse upopo horippa
People make a big circle, dance and sing a song. They don’t use any instrument.
In AINU, most these dance were danced by women.
Dance was the thing to enjoy not only for Ainu people but also Gods.



There are songs called “yaisama” and “yaisamanena”. Women reveal their mind or feelings.

“mukkuri”,”tonkori” is instrument of Ainu. “mukkuri” has a lot of sounds. “tonkori” is like koto.