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| Report of Past Event |
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Speech contest |
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The 6th Ainu Oratorical Contest (Nov. 9, 2002)
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"Itakan Ro (Let's speak)" in Ainu
Currently, there are language schools in 14 regions within
Hokkaido, not to mention others in regions such as Kanto, where many people
study the Ainu language, a language unique to the Ainu.
The Ainu Oratorical Contest is held to give students the opportunity
to show each other what they have studied, to communicate and exchange
information with people from other areas studying the language in the same
way, and to bring people of the local community where it is held, in touch
with the Ainu language and culture.
In this Sixth Contest, there were 22 participants, competing
in 18 groups from various areas of Hokkaido as well as from AichiPrefectures,
widely ranging from primary school students to people in their 70's. A
large audience, including local people, attended.
In the future, the contest will be conducted in two divisions,
Oral Literature Division and Oratorical Division, in consideration of limited
opportunities to present oral literature..
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| Judges(honorific titles omitted) |
| Chairman |
Sachiko Kibata Teacher, Biratori Ainu Language School |
| Judges |
Sada Ueno Teacher, Obihiro Ainu Language School |
| Hideo Kirikae Associate Professor, Hokkaigakuen University |
| Tomomi Sato Associate Professor, Hokkaido University |
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| Results(honorific titles omitted) |
| Oral Literature Division |
| First Prize |
Kane Kumagai |
Yaeerap in |
Samani |
| Second Prize |
Hanate Sugawara |
Autobiography of a Shaman |
Higashikagura |
| Kayo Kikuchi |
Sumikawa |
Shiranuka |
| Oratorical Division |
| First Prize |
Seiichi Fukushima |
My Love Song |
Shizunai |
| Second Prize |
Tomoko Shitaku |
Meaning of Life |
Akan |
| Yoshiyuki |
Morisaki aynu puri |
Shizunai |
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