安東ウメ子 Umeko Ando - イフンケ Ihunke (AINU FOLK)

イフンケ Ihunke
安東ウメ子 Umeko Ando
Japan (2001)
AINU FOLK/ NORTHEAST ASIAN FOLK

Tracklist:
1. ベカンベ ウク（菱の実採りの歌・座り歌） Pekambe Uk (0:00)
2. イフンケ（子守唄） Ihunke (5:15)
3. フタレ チュイ Futare Chuy (8:50)
4. イヨマンテ ウポポ（熊送りの時に歌うウポポ） Iyomante Upopo (11:08)
5. クスエプ カムイ Kus Ep Kamuy (17:01)
6. レウレウ Rew Rew (17:46)
7. ムックリ1（口琴） Jew's Harp 1 (21:02)
8. ムックリ2 Jew’s Harp 2 (23:32)
9. サロルン リムセ（鶴の舞） Sarorun Rimse (26:37)
10. ヘルトゥン ルトゥン（酒造りの歌） Herutun Rutun (29:43)
11. サラバ〜イヤ コーコー（弓の舞） Saraba - Iya Ko Ko (32:51)
12. バッタギ（イナゴの大群） Battaki (38:54)
13. ヘクリ サラリ（若い娘の遊び歌） Hekuri Sarari (43:13)
14. ツプ カウ カムイ ラン（湖に揺れる月） Chup Kawa Kamuy Ran (46:16)
15. ヤイサマ Yaisama (50:46)
16. アトゥイ ソー カタ（海の上で） Atoy So Kata (53:20)

Notable tracks: フタレ チュイ , イヨマンテ ウポポ , レウレウ , サラバ〜イヤ コーコー , バッタギ , ヘクリ サラリ

Please support: https://umekoando.bandcamp.com/album/ihunke

"Ainu, indigenous people of Hokkaido, Sakhalin, and the Kuril Islands who were culturally and physically distinct from their Japanese neighbours until the second part of the 20th century. The Ainu may be descendants of an indigenous population once widely spread over northern Asia; many contemporary Ainu claim some connection to Japan’s prehistoric Jōmon culture. The traditional Ainu language, an isolate with a number of dialects, had been almost completely supplanted by Japanese by the early 21st century; a language-revitalization movement initiated formal instruction in Ainu in the 1980s.
The Ainu once lived on all four major Japanese islands. Their traditional dress included bark cloth, often decorated with geometric designs. Although the Ainu were predominantly a hunting and gathering culture, some members also engaged in shifting agriculture, a method in which fields are used for a few seasons and then abandoned so as not to exhaust the soil. Animism was the traditional religion. The most important ritual took place over several years and involved the capture of a bear cub that was then raised as a member of the family; at a designated time, the bear was ritually killed. Having treated the bear well in life, the Ainu believed that in death its spirit would ensure the well-being of its adoptive community..."
--- from Encyclopædia Britannica.

For simple intros of the Ainu people, watch:
1. Neglected History: The Ainu tribes of Japan - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAoEL0d6B2E
2. 101 East - Japan's Ainu - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iA7BILX-q4I

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