Showing posts with label ISO 639-3:ain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ISO 639-3:ain. Show all posts

Monday, 14 March 2011

NRK Reports on Ainu after the Fukushima explosion

We are surprised that this could happen

In the wake of the recent tsunami, and the explosions at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant, Norwegian national broadcaster, NRK, interviews Shiro Kayano, leader of the World Indigenous People's Network AINU (WIN-AINU).

The broadcaster states that "So far, there have been no reports that any Ainu have been affected by the catastrophe" ("Det er foreløpig ingen rapporter om at ainuer har blitt rammet av katastrofen").

Sunday, 6 March 2011

Dance act features endangered language recordings

Elisa Monte Dance season at the Joyce Theatre

The Elisa Monte Dance Company are presenting a production entitled "Dialogue with Vanishing Languages", featuring recordings of speakers of endangered languages.

According to this article on broadwayworld.com, the featured languages include Quileute, Dalabon, Jawoyn and Hokkaido Ainu

A trailer for the show, including some audio from the performance, is available on Youtube: