The Ainu live in northern Japan on the island of Hokkaido. They do not look like other Japanese. They have round, dark brown eyes and wavy hair. Their skin is not dark but light. The men have beards and mustaches. Where did these people come from? Did they come from Europe across Russia to Japan? Did they come from Indonesia? Are they completely different from all the other people in the world? Nobody knows the answer to these questions.
The Ainu were in Japan seven thousand (7,000) years ago. In modern times, the Japanese brought new diseases to Ainu villages. Many people died. Today there are only a small number of Ainu left. There are also about 25,000 peple who are part Ainu.
The Ainu eat seafood and grow rice and vegables on their farms. The men hunt for brown bears in the forests. They eat the meat and sell the skins. The bear is also important in their religion. People make their houses from a kind of grass. There is only one room inside. It has a dirt floor with an open fire in the middle. Their religion tells them that the house must have one window on the east side. Young Ainu attend school with other Japanese. They speak Japanese, and many of them don't know their own language. They want to be like other young Japanese.
The Sami in northern Europe want to continue their traditions. Some young Ainu don't want to learn their traditions. When the older people die, many Ainu traditions will die with them.
The Ainu were in Japan seven thousand (7,000) years ago. In modern times, the Japanese brought new diseases to Ainu villages. Many people died. Today there are only a small number of Ainu left. There are also about 25,000 peple who are part Ainu.
The Ainu eat seafood and grow rice and vegables on their farms. The men hunt for brown bears in the forests. They eat the meat and sell the skins. The bear is also important in their religion. People make their houses from a kind of grass. There is only one room inside. It has a dirt floor with an open fire in the middle. Their religion tells them that the house must have one window on the east side. Young Ainu attend school with other Japanese. They speak Japanese, and many of them don't know their own language. They want to be like other young Japanese.
The Sami in northern Europe want to continue their traditions. Some young Ainu don't want to learn their traditions. When the older people die, many Ainu traditions will die with them.
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