February 23, 2013

Ainu Events in Yokohama, Ebetsu, Matsusaka - February 23 & 24, 2013

More Ainu events taking place this weekend, February 23 & 24, 2013!

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Gathering for Ainu Cultural Exchange
Welcoming the Obihiro Kamuyto Upopo Preservation Society

See a performance of traditional Ainu singing and dancing from the renowned Obihiro Kamuyto Upopo Preservation Society

Date: February 23, 2013 (Sat)
Time:  17:30 - 20:00
Admission: Free

Venue: Yokohama City Education Hall
53 Momijigaoka, Nishiku, Yokohama

Organized by: Gathering for Ainu Cultural Exchange Executive Committee
Promoted by: Kanagawa Human Rights Center
Tel: 045-271-1455
Email: jinken@ro.bekkoame.ne.jp 

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25th Annual Ainu Culture Festival
International Decade of the World's Indigenous People

Celebrate the Second "International Decade of the World's Indigenous People" as declared by the United Nations by learning about the indigenous Ainu people.

Date: February 24, 2013 (Sun)
Time: 13:00 - 15:10
Admission: Free

Venue: Ebetsu City Community Center
11-1, 5-chome 3-jo, Ebetsu, Hokkaido

Program:

12:30  Doors Open
13:00  Opening Ceremony
13:20  Ainu Traditional Dance (1)
(cultural preservation organizations from Mukawa and Samani)
13:40  Workshops
13:55  Special Performance by Ainu Performance Group MOSHIRI
14:35  Intermission
14:45  Ainu Traditional Dance (2)

(cultural preservation organizations from Sapporo and Chitose)
15:05  Presentation on Traditional Clothing & Finale

Registration: Hokkaido Ainu Association
TEL: 011-221-0462

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18th Annual Takeshiro Festival

Come to the birthplace of the Takeshiro Matsuura, the man who came up with the name "Hokkaido," to learn about the Ainu people with whom he had established a special bond.

Date: February 24, 2013 (Sun)
Time: 10:00 - 15:30
Admission: Free

Venue: Takeshiro Matsuura Memorial Museum
383 Onoecho, Matsusaka, Mie Prefecture
(special shuttle buses will be arranged from Ise Nakagawa Station)


Program:

10:00  Opening Ceremony
10:25  Brass band performance by local middle school students
10:55  Learning from Takeshiro Matsuura: presentations from local 6th graders
11:15  Ainu Traditional Dance (1): Ankoraci Menoko Utar
12:15  Dance performance by local middle school students
12:25  Games and prizes with mascot character "Takechan"
13:00  Shakuhachi and koto performance by local cultural group
13:25  Mie Prefecture tourism campaign
13:45  Ainu Traditional Dance (2): Ankoraci Menoko Utar
14:40  Shongai Odori (Matsusaka traditional dance)
15:10  Finale

Web (in Japanese only):

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