Parallel Worlds: Art of the Ainu of Hokkaido and Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest

[SuperLonewolf59]

THANK YOU...AS WE ALL KNOW,THERE IS GOOD AND BAD IN EVERY CULTURE... BUT IT'S WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM EACH CULTURE THAT REALLY MATTERS, AS WE TRY TO LIVE TOGETHER ON THIS EARTH.... I HOPE THAT IT'S GOOD TO BE ALITTLE OR ALOT DIFFERENT....WOULDN'T LIFE BE BORING IF WE WERE ALL THE SAME????

[Thamikaroxy]

@SuperLonewolf59 Culturally, US white Americans, Germany, Russia, China, Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia, India, Argentina, Columbia, Chile, Venezuela, Brazil, South Africa, Australia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, the Dutch, British, Saudis, Algeria, Rwanda, Burundi, and Peru are NOTORIOUS for intolerance of diversity and cultural acceptance despite the contrary reality that encourages segregation, puritanical ideologies, disenfranchisement and the ultimate ruination of a face contrary to the ideal.

[Thamikaroxy]

With great respect...and a splash of humor, the piece at 7:30 looks like a basic mudcloth garment and weave of squares instead of circles.

[kiwiguy181]

And the sad thing is that both cultures are treated poorly, which makes me mad, because it is very different in New Zealand were i was born were the Maori are respected and both wights and native learn with each other, and through my couins cause im blood im realted to there tribe wich im proud of :) Hold tight to were you come from.

[Thamikaroxy]

@kiwiguy181 I agree! I'm a black American. 10 years ago, I went to a Mayan ruin exhibit in Mexico where the a sign read, in Spanish, no Mayans allowed. When I asked the security guard, what the signed said, he glared at me, chuckled and said that he didn't know. I was very angry and was so overwhelmed with disbelief I don't even remember whether I went in. That was all I could remember about that aspect of my trip. As a black, all the world loves our music, but hate us for being black.

[thisisusagi]

@Thamikaroxy there is a great deal of racism against darker-skinned, native peoples in Mexico. One of the reasons I'm not a big fan. I'm Caucasian, but have a cousin who looks dark/native and experienced plenty of racism growing up down there.

[Josephdorf03]

When I saw the little hat on Steve Bloom, I though to myself: "Yep, this is Portland!" Also, pretty impressed that the lady in charge of this can translate Japanese

[shannonandsheila1]

indians and the asians are related somewhere down the line no doubt

[Lerdesanpe]

@shannonandsheila1

Indians(Natives) are about as related to Asians, as Pakistani are related to Russians.

[vicklemos]

There are ainus in Russia too!

[thewetterforest]

heavenly

[JesusGodHolySpirit3]

what is this about ??? Parallel worlds? I don't get it ?

[Procharmo]

Ignore the white supremacist's that say language has to be a sign of similarity. Good to see you exploring what is not written in Davenport 's or Darwin's take on Eugenics..

After all this is 2011 not 1928!!!!

[NYOperaDawg]

@StabbyMcButterPants This is just incorrect. Besides the similar sound, the definition of Ainu and Inuit are the same, "humans/people." Besides there are numerous similar words: SEARCH "Unilang Ainu Inuit" -- Cultural similarities are striking -- shamanism practices are similar,[SEE Google books "Shamanism: ainu inuit;" "An vocal method called "throat singing" is the same [SEE Wikipedia "throat singing,],...too much to list. Inuit Eskimos are verrry closely related to Hokkaido Ainu.

[NYOperaDawg]

@StabbyMcButterPants Well, I think some of the problem here is the definition of "Inuit." I clearly referenced the later arriving Eskimo Inuit, of Thule origin. "Spell?" We're talking phonetics here. These Inuits had no written language prior to 1856. I'm not a linguist, but I suggested a Unilang reference previously. "Aboriginals?" No one is an "aboriginal" in migratory discussion, because everyone had to originate somewhere else. CONTINUED. . .

[NYOperaDawg]

@StabbyMcButterPants . .. cont'd . . . Ainu arrived in Hokkaido circa 10k years ago and they weren't the first occupiers of Japan. I never said that Inuit are Ainu. I indicated a close relationship, just as the Maori possess the same genetic markers according to Univ of Tokyo geneticists: "For example, B39-HR5-DQ7 (B*3901-DRB1*1406-DQB1*0301) was shared by Ainu and Native Americans. A24-Cw8-B48 was commonly observed in Taiwan indigenous populations, Maori in New Zealand,. . .CONTINUED . .

[NYOperaDawg]

@StabbyMcButterPants . . . cont'd . . . A24-Cw8-B48 was commonly observed in Taiwan indigenous populations, Maori in New Zealand, Orochon in Northeast China, Inuit, and Tlingit. These findings further support the genetic link between East Asians and Native Americans." NYOD

[SPS148669]

@NYOperaDawg

Only hair though!

[kaisermuto]

@NYOperaDawg Ainu's Fullname is AINU-HITO. Eskimo's is INU-ITO. In Japanese HITO meaans human.

Ainu-Hito means Ainu human. Inu-Ito means INU-Human. They are relative.

[kloiten]

@kaisermuto It's a linguistic coincidence. Trust me, if there were any demonstrable linguistic link between the Ainu and the Eskimo, some linguist would have already traced it, given how much time and effort has been put in researching both ethnic groups.

[shannonandsheila1]

@kloiten look at the parallels between ainu and french basque no coincidence there

[CrazyNative4]

cool