From Zomer to Yohji Yamamoto and all the way back to Viktor & Rolf—designers have been experimenting with the upside down, ...

A group of international Shenyang Agricultural University students recently gathered at the Shenyang Imperial Palace for a ...

The kuspuk is a regional fashion trend and has been one for many years now. Today, they are worn everywhere in Alaska by ...

A display of Zulu heritage in a grocery store sparked admiration for cultural pride. The high cost of traditional outfits ...

The Yomiuri Shimbun Dancers give a performance of Ainu dance at the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo on Saturday. The Yomiuri Shimbun 16:10 JST, May 18, 2025 OSAKA — Clad in traditional clothing, Ainu dancers ...

Osaka, May 17 (Jiji Press)--Traditional dances of the Ainu indigenous ethnic group in Hokkaido, northernmost Japan, were performed on Saturday at the ongoing 2025 World Exposition in the western ...

In “Rare Tongues,” she explores languages teetering on the brink of oblivion, including Ainu, now spoken by a handful of elderly people in northern Japan, as well as languages such as Hawaiian ...

The Ainu were marginalised and subjected to studies in the late 19th and early 20th century, with remains and cultural artifacts taken and displayed or used for research in Japan and further afield.

Exploring the presence of her traditional Ainu culture in contemporary life is central to the work of Mayunkiki (born 1982), an artist, language teacher, musician and cultural worker from ...

Iran’s intelligence service has summoned dozens of people and instructed them not to wear traditional Kurdish clothing during Newroz celebrations later this month, a watchdog said on Friday.

The film features scenes of Sachiko Kibata teaching students the Ainu language and helping them rehearse for speech competitions, Reiko Kayano teaching sewing lessons for traditional Ainu clothing, ...

A new documentary from the director Fukunaga Takeshi follows an Ainu family in Hokkaidō, shedding light on questions of culture and the path traditions take in a modern world. A talk with the ...