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  Yukar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yukar (Japanese: ユーカラ yūkara) are Ainu sagas that form a long rich tradition of oral literature.
Perhaps the only book relating the epic songs of the Ainu in English is "Songs of Gods, Songs of Humans: The Epic Tradition of the Ainu", North Point 1982 and University of Tokyo Press 1979, by Donald L. Philippi.
Traditional tales describe floating worlds with "Ainu Mosir", or the land of the humans (as opposed to "Kamui Mosir", the land of the gods), resting on the back of a fish whose movements cause earthquakes.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yukar   (125 words)

  
 Yukar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
There are several recordings of Yukar, an Ainu epic, but because Yukar is narrated in old Ainu, Ainu-language beginners cannot learn vernacular speech from it, Katayama said...
Ethnic Tourism in Hokkaido and the Shaping of Ainu Identity.
Ainu atAkan are in the process of reviving Yukar reciting.
hallencyclopedia.com /Yukar   (333 words)

  
 Ainu Language   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
There are various kinds of songs, myths, stories, and knowledge of rituals among Ainu people and all of them have been handed down from generation to generation as part of an oral tradition.
One of the most famous stories for Ainu is “Yukar”, an Ainu epic.
Yukar is one of the most representative epics of the Ainu culture, like the Odyssesy of Greek and Roman cultures.
www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/cultural/oldworld/asia/ainu_language.html   (183 words)

  
 Harukor: An Ainu Woman’s Tale. Voices From Asia | American International Automobile Dealers |   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Harukor’s story is interwoven with several yukar (epic poetry that is musically chanted) and other oral art forms.
Also, both men and women were involved with retelling the myths and legends conveyed in yufar, uwepet(er, and other oral traditions, but women were more concerned with telling these to children and other family members at home whereas men’s performances were dominant on official and festive occasions involving the whole community.
Furthermore, in his portrayal of Harukor and her female friends and relatives as well as in the yukar and uwepeker imbedded in Harukor’s story, Honda reinvents a universal feminine psyche including traits like naivety, affectation, jealousy, and sentimentality.
www.aiada.org /article.asp?id=11068   (1960 words)

  
 Shaman's Drum Reviews - Harukor
As in many indigenous cultures worldwide, the Ainu had a close relationship with and great respect for the natural world, and their lifestyle and ritual activities honored both patriarchal divinities and deities of nature.
This section includes a summary recorded in 1858 of one creation myth chanted as a night-long yukar (an epic utilizing melodic rhymed verse) by an eighty-three-year-old elder, and a retelling of a legend about Okikurmi, the divine founder of the Ainu.
The iyomante was a major Ainu ceremony performed for the bear and the giant striped owl, in which the spirit of the animal, which had been sacrificed, was honored and then sent back to the spiritual world.
www.shamansdrum.org /Pages/ReviewsHarukor.html   (1448 words)

  
 Samurai Shodown Forever Message Board - Nakoruru
I read some Aynu epics (Kamuy Yukar), and I have never seen that Nakoruru is named as a goddess....
The main story are about the creation of earth and nature, Aynu (=human) and animals; the story of Aynu hero and other fairy tales.
The Yukar I read is Japanese book written by Yamamoto Tasuke, "Kamuy Yukar -Aynu Rakkur Den-".
www.samuraispirits.net /cgi-bin/ikonboard/topic.cgi?forum=1&topic=539   (918 words)

  
 kitakaze-kai   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
@The Yukar Weave Memorial Hall is located on the top of the hill that commands the whole city of Asahikawa.
The Yukar created in Asahikawa is exhibited in the hall and has a good reputation internationally.
The building itself also has the value as the artwork because of the high quality of materials, which are natural wood used for the whole inside of the building.
www.kitakazekai.com /english/area/souunkyou/souunkyou.html   (1280 words)

  
 The Online Edition of the STARS Magazine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Suddenly the road changes its character, we start tumbling from side to side on rocky grounds.
We first reach Yukar¦ Arbit (Upper Arbit) from K¦nal¦tepe Village.
With goats wandering among the alleys, the few houses – maybe ten – look so old that they could date from the Safavid period.
www.stars.com /society/bride_1.htm   (706 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Family: Spouse: Yukar Melda's love for her husband Yukar has always been much like the tide that he and her father go on and on and on and on about; after all, fishermen's lives revolve around the tide.
He was older and stable and handsome so it didn't surprise Melda that she fell head-over-heels for him.
Nestra was born on September 22nd of 18 A.U. She's the spitting image of her mother, from her dark blue eyes to her pixie nose and honey blonde hair.
www.fantasyalternative.org /TFA/dev/firan/charsheet.txt   (3572 words)

  
 FAR SIDE MUSIC LTD. JAPAN AND KOREA
Sinawi has it's roots in shaminism. Powerful rhythms and melodies improvised by the instrumentalists present a kind of trance music.
Yukar, a folk epic of the indigenous Ainu people of north Japan,; is the highest form of oral poetry. Shigeru Kayano is a inheritor of this tradition.
Ryukyu court music is another side of traditional Okinawan music. Less energetic than the folk music, but majestic and sophisticated.
www.farsidemusic.com /acatalog/JAPAN_AND_KOREA.html   (126 words)

  
 Samurai Shodown Forever Message Board powered by Ikonboard   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
He mentioned that he loved to listen to the Yukar when he was young.
They would told the Yukar while holding 30 cm-long "i-rep-ni" (knock sticks) in their hands.
Her grandmother is praying and grandfather is knocking the stick in his hand, I don't sure that it's the stick that use while telling a yukar..
www.samuraispirits.net:8080 /cgi-bin/ikonboard/printpage.cgi?forum=1&topic=539   (14633 words)

  
 Through Space and Time
The little droid meant well, but once he got started…
Hyari seems to be another desert planer, and Yukar and ice world, but there is no description available for Polarak."
"I think what my comically impaired brother is trying to tell us is that the base couldn’t be on Yukar because Kanor is a cyborg and would short circuit from the cold."
www.angelfire.com /md/youngjedi/timespace5.html   (1641 words)

  
 Any movie suggestions? [Archive] - vBulletin Community Forum
I bought the worst 50 horror movies on a dvd box set, its good to watch with a few beers.
The worse one was "The beast of yukar flats" or something like that.
Haha, where exactly can I find this set?
www.vbulletin.com /forum/archive/index.php/f-55/t-145746.html   (619 words)

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