Ainu Museum Fair in Hiroshima & Hidezo Yamada Exhibition in Abashiri

More events for the weekend – a special opportunity to experience Ainu culture in Hiroshima and insight into Ainu place names through the eyes of researcher Hidezo Yamada with exhibits and events at the Hokkaido Museum of Northern Peoples.

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The Ainu Museum Fair in Hiroshima

Date: February 3 (Sun), 2013

Time: 13:00 – 15:30

Venue: Hiroshima Citizen’s Cultural Center

1-5-3 Otemachi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima

Admission: Free

Capacity: 530 people

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Part 1 – 13:30-13:50

Mukkur Workshop

(All participants will receive a mukkur (mouth harp))

Part 2 – 14:00-15:30

14:00-14:30

“Welcome to the World of the Ainu”

Speaker: Tomoe Nakano (Ainu Museum Curator)

Intermission

14:45-15:30

Performance: Ainu prayer, song, dance

Capacity: 700 people

Kamuynomi (prayer to the spirits), iohayocis (impromptu song), iyomante rimse (bear-sending dance), mukkur (mouth harp), saroruncikap rimse (crane dance), etc.

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13:00-15:30 (at the entrance hall)

Ainu Culture Exhibit "Ainu Clothing"

Contact: The Ainu Museum

TEL: 0144-82-3914（8:45-17:00）

E-mail: museum@ainu-museum.or.jp

Download the Flyer (in Japanese):

http://www.ainu-museum.or.jp/common/pdf/hiroshima_2013.pdf

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The Ainu Museum Fair in Shareo

Featuring Ainu language quiz, traditional mukkur and dance performances, etc.

Date: February 2 (Sat), 2013

Time: 13:20-15:50

Venue: Center Concourse

Kamiyacho Shareo Underground Plaza

Motomachi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima

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"A Journey of Ainu Place Names –From the Research of Hidezo Yamada–"

2013 in Abashiri/Okhotsk

Dates: February 2 (Sat) – April 7 (Sun), 9:30-16:30

(Closed Mondays except in February)

Venue: Hokkaido Museum of Northern Peoples

309-1 Shiomi, Abashiri, Hokkaido 093-0042

Tel: 0152-45-3888

Web: http://www.hoppohm.org/english/index.htm

Admission: Free

Download the Flyer (in Japanese):

http://ainu-center.pref.hokkaido.jp/HacrcHpImage/06/H24_abashiriA4_web.pdf

EVENTS:

February 2 (Sat)  13:30-15:00

Seminar: Exhibition Guide

Instructor: Hokkaido Ainu Culture Research Center Employee

Feb 9 (Saturday)  13:30-15:30

Speech: "Ainu Culture and ‘The Environment’”

Instructor: Prof. Yuko Honda (Sapporo University)

Feb 16 (Saturday)  13:30-15:30

Speech: "Hidezo Yamada and Research of Ainu Place Names”

Instructor: Seichi Ito (Hokkaido Ainu Culture Research Center)

Organized by:

Hokkaido Ainu Culture Research Center

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