Ainu: The Disappearing Culture

Tribes and small societies that are not affected are becoming past. The world is evolving rapidly, insisting that a small society against food is left behind and that its existence is impeding progress. With seven billion people living on this planet space is increasingly precious and outsiders are forced to endure areas that no one wants. Eventually, society mixes, the borders become blurred, and another unique society / culture disappears among the masses.

Ainu people are indigenous people of Hokkaido island in Japan, but thanks to the Ainu ban in the late 19th century and traditional law, they mainly adopted Japanese culture. In the 1980s, the restoration of indigenous culture came, but in that language there are 2 to 15 "native" speakers, all of them over 64 years old. This language was deported to Finland from the Soviet Union in 1943. Those claiming to use this language no longer live on the border between Russia and Estonia. In 2010, there were 68 Vod native speakers, but only 201 people in 2017

According to the law (1997/2006), local governments in Hokkaido included the Ainu language on issues related to cultural and cultural activities. When asked "What kind of Ainu culture (existence) do you know?", 264 respondents, like other answers such as instruments, traditional dance, embroidery, 508 in Ainu language I chose. And wood carving (HKS 13). More than 60% of respondents living outside Tokyo are not involved in cultural activities, but the most popular activities are music and dance, festivals / ceremonies, embroidery, and finally languages ​​(ASS 11). In other words, less than 4% of respondents said that they can teach Ainu language, 37% say they know to some extent but can not teach it, 60% said they know that they have experience ing. A little book (HKS 13)

Representatives of the Hokkaido Ainu Association stated that because of discrimination the risk of Ainu children dropping out of school is much higher and stated that teaching Ainu 's culture and history to public schools and children of Ainu It was. At present, the children of Ainu are deprived of the opportunity to be proud of the background of their indigenous peoples, which hinders the recognition of Ainu culture and history. Other lecturers emphasized that indigenous young people lack sufficient funds to face difficulties in adapting to Western standards and high dropout rates. They emphasized that by providing cultural features and language support, we must place more emphasis on young people who drop out of school.

The importance of indigenous peoples' education and culture is outstanding and continues as the permanent forum of the second session.