Various Artists: Japan: Ainu Songs - COMPACT DISCS

Various Artists: Japan: Ainu Songs - COMPACT DISCSTitle: Japan: Ainu Songs Artist: Various Artists Label: Unesco Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 093077804725 Genre: International Release Date: 2015 02 10 Number of Discs: 1 The Ainu people, indigenous to the Hokkaido Island of Japan and the Sakhalin and Kuril islands of Russia, presently number in the range of 15,000 to 25,000. Despite geographic proximity to the Japanese and other ethnic groups inhabiting the Russian Far East, the Ainu language and

Title: Japan: Ainu Songs
Artist: Various Artists
Label: Unesco
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 093077804725
Genre: International
Release Date: 2015-02-10
Number of Discs: 1

The Ainu people, indigenous to the Hokkaido Island of Japan and the Sakhalin and Kuril islands of Russia, presently number in the range of 15,000 to 25,000. Despite geographic proximity to the Japanese and other ethnic groups inhabiting the Russian Far East, the Ainu language and customs are strikingly different from those of their neighbors. Singing is a major feature of Ainu music and part of the daily tribal life, usually presented as either an upopo (sitting song) or rimse (dancing song). Their spirited vocal sounds often imitate animal cries, bird songs, and insect sounds, due to animistic beliefs that elements of nature, plants, and animals are gods. This album illustrates a cross-section of Ainu life, including songs for religious ceremony, working, ritual, and entertainment.

Tracks:
1.1 Upopo
1.2 Upopo
1.3 Iyuta-Upopo
1.4 Rimse
1.5 Upopo
1.6 Horippa
1.7 Kamuy-Yukar
1.8 Yukar
1.9 Sinotcha Followed By a Tus
1.10 Tus
1.11 Yaysama
1.12 Yaysama
1.13 Chisi-Sinotcha
1.14 Ihumke