page_title: Ainu music
hierarchical_section_title: Ainu music
caption_attribution_description: Oki Ainu Dub Band live at the TFF.Rudolstadt 2007 in Rudolstadt (Germany)
context_page_description: Ainu music is the musical tradition of the Ainu people of northern Japan.
  The oral Ainu culture includes various genres, of which upopo, lighthearted ballads on daily affairs and rituals often accompanied by traditional Ainu instruments, and yukar, a form of rhythmic epic poetry often supported by light percussion, are most prominently covered in writings on this oral Ainu culture.
  The contents of these ballads were an important source of understanding daily life as well as various traditions and habits of the Ainu people, and today these remain an important part in protecting the Ainu cultural identity, as seen in efforts by performers such as Oki, the most famous contemporary performer of Ainu music.
  The most useful English-language overview of Ainu music is by Chiba Nobuhiko.
context_section_description: Ainu music is the musical tradition of the Ainu people of northern Japan.
  The oral Ainu culture includes various genres, of which upopo, lighthearted ballads on daily affairs and rituals often accompanied by traditional Ainu instruments, and yukar (mimicry), a form of rhythmic epic poetry often supported by light percussion, are most prominently covered in writings on this oral Ainu culture.
  The contents of these ballads were an important source of understanding daily life as well as various traditions and habits of the Ainu people, and today these remain an important part in protecting the Ainu cultural identity, as seen in efforts by performers such as Oki, the most famous contemporary performer of Ainu music.
  The most useful English-language overview of Ainu music (with recordings and transcriptions) is by Chiba Nobuhiko.
caption: Oki Ainu Dub Band live in Rudolstadt, 6 July 2007. The two musicians are playing zithers called tonkori.
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