Music of the Ainu Native People of North Japan

Ainu music is the musical tradition of the Ainu people of northern Japan. The oral Ainu culture includes various genres, of which upopo, lighthearted ballads on daily affairs and rituals often accompanied by traditional Ainu instruments, and yukar (mimicry), a form of rhythmic epic poetry often supported by light percussion, are most prominently covered in writings on this oral Ainu culture. The contents of these ballads were an important source of understanding daily life as well as various traditions and habits of the Ainu people.
Ainu music carries spiritual resonance in almost all of its forms, and it has played an important role in both the cultural history and the cultural renaissance of the Ainu people. Almost every type of Ainu song is sacred. Traditional Ainu music can be divided into two major groups, everyday songs and epic songs. Everyday songs in Ainu tradition were sung in many situations and on an impromptu basis. They were often accompanied by the two most prevalent Ainu musical instruments: the tonkori, a plucked zither, and the mukkuri, a jaw harp played by women.
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[@122mlb]

this is very similar to native American tribal music. Interesting

[@saitokanzawa3097]

The ancestors of the Ainu (and Jomon) are descedants of an ancient paleolithic population somewhere in Central Asia or Siberia. They arrived in Japan and southeastern Russia more than 30,000 years ago and possibly also migrated into parts of northern America. This paleolithic population was distantly related to Europeans, Middle Easterners and Native Americans (ancestral northeurasian component). Keep well.

[@sunduncan1151]

their "huy huy" is very similar to Okinawa "hoi hoi"

[@tonydong96]

Ainu music obviously influenced early Japanese music, they adopted the same musical rhythmic pattern and framework. So modern trad. Japanese music is influenced by Ainu music!

[@pam_momoko]

I am part Ainu. Thank you for sharing this :)

[@user-ev6pn1ye8p]

It sounds like most Siberian folk music.

[@resistencia1297]

The real japanese chad

[@bodinmagosson]

Sounds not so much different from traditional japanese folklores, except for the languages totally incomprehensible.

[@Bebo18]

If you wear headphones, it'll sound like they are in the same room as you. I can see(hear) their hand claps.

[@uselessthinker5278]

subscribed !

[@jp3062]

hello, i am half ainu and proud, ainu are paleo-mongoloid. pure ainu had lighter skin. but we are not caucasoid. our next relatives are native americans and tibetans. origin is siberia or tibet. others say central-asia.

[@sayChristIsKing]

This channel is a gem.

[@devvv4616]

Golden kamuy really brings this culture to life

[@Necrobubz]

im so glad to be Kuril ainu and see my people grow more long live ainu

[@Marlene-qj2ex]

Wow this is very relaxing and very real. I felt this in my soul...

[@whitelightsheddinweedsmokin]

This made me feel like I was surrounded by warm friendly people at night around a fire 🔥♥️

[@rrijoicetie-dyes2184]

Thank you for uploading! I need some more of this in my life. :)

[@AlvinWilliams407]

Greetings to the old days of japan🇯🇵 from 🇺🇸

[@joalexsg9741]

Thank you for uploading this cultural gem here!

[@ianlarrimore8]

Thanks for sharing this--beautiful music.