The Ainu Bear Ceremony (1931)
Title
The Ainu Bear Ceremony (1931)
Subject
Ainu--Rites and ceremonies
Bears--Japan--Folklore
Sacrifice--Japan
URL
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Description
Content description from Worldcat (https://www.worldcat.org/title/ainu-bear-ceremony/oclc/311431953):
The bear ceremony by the Ainu people of Japan is shown. Though no longer performed, this religious ceremony was the most important of all Ainu rituals.
Ephemera: none available
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The bear ceremony by the Ainu people of Japan is shown. Though no longer performed, this religious ceremony was the most important of all Ainu rituals.
Ephemera: none available
Limitations: This page displays video content associated with a videotape in the CCDR Collections audiovisual library recorded by Joann W. Kealiinohomoku. Please be advised that, because this videotape has not yet been digitized for direct access, we cannot guarantee that the video content on this page is an exact match with the content originally recorded by Dr. Kealiinohomoku. We also cannot guarantee function or access for re-hosted video content.
Original Format
TV broadcast recorded off air by JWK: Betamax tape
Creator
Neil Gordon Monroe (director)
Publisher
Royal Anthropological Institute
Date
1931
Citation
“The Ainu Bear Ceremony (1931),” Cross-Cultural Dance Resources Collections, accessed May 12, 2025, https://ccdrcollections.omeka.net/items/show/727.