Soran Bushi - traditional Hokkaido (Otaru) - Sansay Music, 2020

[@kjracz15]

From Kanata's support skill on Idol Showdown, to her actual rendition of Soran Bushi, to google searching the song origins... ultimately led me here.

[@hctaga1220]

Great song, Great place .

[@jasonkurt1958]

I'm pretty sure most of the people in the older pictures in this are the native ainu who are not japanese

[@asamiyashin444]

Is this song Ainu or Yamato?

[@scottnagatani]

Ainu

[@asamiyashin444]

@@scottnagatani Do you have any source so I can research that? I thought that it was Japanese (Yamato).

[@scottnagatani]

@@asamiyashin444 The song was a fisherman's sea shanty, the first recorded version was by a group of Otaru (fishing town/area in Hokkaido) fishermen . The "natives" to Otaru are Ainu. "Yaren" is an ancient Hebrew word, Soran" is a Hebrew word meaning "happy song". Soran translates to something akin to "fishing success". The indigenous Ainu are thought to have evolved from "Russian" boatmen who crossed the sea.

[@asamiyashin444]

@@scottnagatani I don't believe the Hebrew word theory and the evolutionary stuff. But it could be that the song has Ainu influences.

[@Ignonym]

It seems that some things truly are universal. Like sea shanties.

[@crazyj902-topic2]

this is a land shanty lol . tuffguy work-hard and work smart crowd.. They busted their backs for what they had and they were proud. This is a version like sounds as if Tom Waits had some influence in this

[@Ignonym]

@@crazyj902-topic2 How is it a land shanty? It's literally about a fisherman.

[@crazyj902-topic2]

@@Ignonym yes nothing about the sea is mentioned in lyrics.. ok ninja. it's about laborers in general . wanna include fishermen?? okay let's do that

[@crazyj902-topic2]

a sea of sake I guess, because there was a lyric about that - if Im misunderstanding something remember - Japanese is not my golden forte!! although I wish it was my ancestors are middle eastern asian - I can sing along none the less

[@Ignonym]

@@crazyj902-topic2 You know you can just look up the translated lyrics, right? They're on Wikipedia.

[@luketimmins4703]

Slay

[@thanthamkhongsamret4231]

sam old thai song ya dian shows or in thai อย่าเดินโชว์