Transcript 0:02 · the indigenous people of Northern Japan 0:04 · call themselves IU meaning human in 0:08 · their 0:12 · language the Inu the indigenous 0:15 · inhabitants of northernmost island of 0:17 · the Japanese archipelago are ethnic 0:20 · minority population in 0:23 · Japan they live in the Northern regions 0:25 · of 0:26 · Japan particularly Hokkaido the kural 0:30 · islands and the southern part of 0:34 · sacen traditionally IU lived a simple 0:38 · life hunting deer and salmon Gathering 0:42 · wild plants for food performing 0:44 · traditional dances and playing 0:53 · [Music] 0:58 · music 1:00 · [Music] 1:09 · [Music] 1:15 · the Anu generally have unique physical 1:18 · characteristics such as hairiness wavy 1:21 · hair and deep set eyes broader and 1:24 · bigger noses which are very different 1:27 · from those of the ordinary Japanese in 1:30 · particular most Anu men can grow thick 1:33 · full beard which is a distinctive trait 1:36 · not commonly found among the Japanese 1:43 · population until it was outlawed by the 1:45 · Japanese government in 1:47 · 1871 as part of their ancestral 1:50 · tradition I knew women had the custom of 1:53 · getting tattoos on their arms hands and 1:55 · lips in the Inu language they were 1:58 · called senu yay and was perceived as a 2:01 · symbol of 2:02 · beauty a Talisman and an indispensable 2:06 · tool to prepare their body for after 2:16 · death among the Inu all natural 2:20 · phenomena including flora fauna and even 2:24 · inanimate objects are believed to have a 2:26 · spiritual Essence and particular animals 2:29 · such as brown bears continue to be 2:31 · honored in ceremony and ritual as Spirit 2:34 · deities called 2:36 · [Music] 2:41 · Kimi the Inu language is an endangered 2:44 · language 2:46 · isolate it has no known relation to the 2:49 · Japanese language or any other language 2:51 · family making it a unique linguistic 2:55 · Heritage traditionally the Inu language 2:58 · was primarily and oral language without 3:01 · a writing system and it was used for 3:04 · communication within the Inu Community 3:06 · for various purposes including 3:08 · storytelling rituals and everyday 3:12 · conversation due to a long history of 3:15 · discrimination and assimilation policies 3:17 · in Japan the number of Inu speakers has 3:20 · significantly declined over the years 3:23 · and today it is estimated that very few 3:26 · fluent speakers of Inu 3:28 · remain 3:30 · the formation process of the Inu 3:33 · population has been discussed for a long 3:36 · time conventionally the Inu are 3:39 · considered to be direct descendants of 3:41 · the jman people who live throughout 3:43 · Japan from as early as 13,000 years ago 3:47 · however recent study found that the 3:49 · ancestor of the Inu could have ad mixed 3:52 · with the Okat people who are genetically 3:55 · similar to those of the lower Amore 3:58 · populations including the n and 4:01 · ulch nevertheless total jam and ancestry 4:04 · among the Inu has been estimated at 70 4:07 · to 4:08 · 80% this is quite a large proportion 4:11 · compared to other Japanese populations 4:13 · such as Mainland Japanese and ryuk 4:17 · kuons on the paternal Hao group the vast 4:20 · majority of the Inu men belong to Hao 4:22 · Group D 4:24 · m55 the jman male lineage which were 4:27 · distributed only in the Japanese 4:30 · archipelago it is noteworthy that they 4:32 · retained a large number of Joon related 4:35 · Hao groups in both their paternal and 4:38 · maternal Gene 4:40 · pools in 2008 the Japanese government 4:44 · officially recognized the Inu as an 4:46 · indigenous people of Japan marking a 4:49 · significant step toward acknowledging 4:52 · and preserving their cultural heritage 4:55 · their current daily lives in terms of 4:57 · food clothing and housing 5:00 · are almost the same as those of most 5:02 · people in Japan however in line with a 5:05 · growing recognition of inu's traditional 5:07 · culture and a movement to restore 5:09 · various aspects of it in recent years 5:12 · some Anu people are proactively 5:14 · attempting to learn their traditional 5:16 · culture and pass it on to the next 5:19 · Generation like most of us these modern 5:22 · Anu also struggle for 5:28 · survival 5:30 · [Applause] 5:31 · [Music] 5:50 · [Applause] 5:56 · [Music] 5:59 · and now hold and 6:04 · now 6:28 · now 6:32 · [Music] 6:50 · [Music] 7:28 · n 7:58 · for 8:28 · for 8:58 · for 9:04 · for
I’m interested in READING more. Is there a non-video summary anywhere?
They look very Caucasian................
Wanna watch a Japanese person flip out, tell them they’re closest related genetically to Koreans(which they are).
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Ha! Ainu all along.