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Speech contest |
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The 7th Ainu Oratorical Contest (Nov. 8, 2003)
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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 Seventh Contest, there were 36 participants, competing
in 28 groups from various areas of Hokkaido as well as from Akita, Tochigi,
Chiba and Osaka Prefectures, widely ranging from primary school students
to people in their 70's. A large audience, including local people, attended.
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| Judges(honorific titles omitted) |
| Chairman |
Mutsuko Nakamoto (Teacher, Chitose Ainu Language School) |
| Judges |
Sachiko Kibata (Teacher, Nibutani Ainu Language School) |
| Setsuko Shiga (Part-time instructor, Chiba University) |
| Hisakazu Fujimura (Professor, Hokkaigakuen University) |
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| Results(honorific titles omitted) |
| Oral Literature Division |
| First Prize |
Masashi Kawakami |
Paddle silk garment with the picture of cuckoo |
Sapporo |
| Second Prize |
Keiko Kyuno |
Sparrow tale in Urakawa Tarefuchi |
Shirasato, Chiba |
| Hayato Takeuchi |
Penanpe an pananpe an |
Sapporo |
| Oratorical Division |
| First Prize |
Takashi Tazawa |
Sins of non-Ainu Japanese people and my sin |
Kyowa, Akita |
| Second Prize |
Etsuko Isobe |
Ku Kor Ainuitak (my Ainu laguage) |
Shiranuka |
| Hanate Sugawara |
My encounter with the Ainu language |
Shimokawa |
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