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72: Preserving the endangered Ainu language w/ Mara Budgen
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The Ainu are Japan's indigenous population and Japan Times contributor Mara Budgen has been meeting with them to better understand their remaining culture, the difficulties they face, and to learn about the ongoing efforts to preserve their language.
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Sponsor:
This episode is sponsored by Kokoro Care Packages, delivering curated care packages from Japan, filled with locally made, premium-quality, artisanal Japanese foods. It's the perfect thing to give for Christmas, to treat yourself if you're missing Japan, or to discover something new if you’re living here. For Deep Dive listeners, use the code "DEEPDIVE" to get a 10% discount off your first order of a subscription purchase at kokorocares.com.
Read more:
- The Ainu language and the global movement for indigenous rights (Mara Budgen and Francesco Bassetti, The Japan Times)
- Japan's Ainu recognition bill: What does it mean for Hokkaido's indigenous people? (Sakura Murakami, The Japan Times)
- Japan enacts law recognizing Ainu as indigenous, but activists say it falls short of U.N. declaration (The Japan Times)
- Kaneto Kawamura Ainu Museum (Lonely Planet)
- New Ainu culture complex generating little buzz outside Hokkaido (The Japan Times)
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Mara Budgen: Twitter | Website
Oscar Boyd: Twitter | Articles | Instagram
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Photo: Hisae Kawamura sings an Ainu folktale at the Kaneto Kawamura Ainu Museum in Asahikawa, Hokkaido. | Oscar Boyd
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