Japan’s Indigenous peoples fight stigma to reclaim identities

Japan’s Indigenous peoples fight stigma to reclaim identities

Malay Mail Online - Life·2023-02-22 15:07

BIRATORI (Japan), Feb 22 — In a forest in northern Japan’s Hokkaido, Atsushi Monbetsu kneels on the moss in the thick morning fog and begins to pray in a language that has nearly disappeared.

“Kamuy,” he begins, addressing the gods of the Ainu Indigenous people, as he starts a small fire with birch bark.

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