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	Report of Past Event Craftwork contests   The 8th Ainu Craftwork Contest(July 10-13, 2004)     A contest of woodcraft and modern creative works using traditional Ainu skills was held for three days from July 10 at the "Kaderu 2.7 Exhibition Hall" in Sapporo. Although there were magnificent works of clothing with Ainu patterns that give them an original artistic flavor and unique hunting gear; unfortunately, some of the skills used in creating these have already been lost. Aiming to restore lost skills and promote modern creative activities using such skills, this contest awards excellent works in order to develop the skills and encourage artistic activities. [Divisions of Contestants] 1.Division of traditional weaving and embroidery(Traditional Weaving)     Women, knitted, embroidered pieces of work that restore or revive traditional Ainu handicrafts using traditional techniques. 2.Division of traditional woodcraft(Traditional Woodcraft)     Woodcraft works that restore or revive traditional Ainu handicrafts using traditional techniques. 3.Division of general Ainu works(General Work)     Traditional handicrafts or modern creative works that do not fit the above divisions 1 or 2. [List of Prize Winners] 1st prize      Kozue Sato(Obihiro) Cijiri -- Traditional weaving      Shigee Ota(Asahikawa) Citarape -- Traditional weavingt      Toru Kaizawa(Biratori) Hunted frogs and mice -- General work 2nd prize      Shigeno Kitagawa(Obihiro) Tapestry -- General work      Junichi Noto(Rubeshibe) Parent and child Blakiston's fish owls -- General work 3rd prize      Tomomi Tsuya(Sapporo) Kaparamip -- Traditional weaving      Towako Saito(Asahikawa) Saranip -- Traditional weaving      Ikuko Okada(Shiraoi) Ruunpe -- Traditional weaving      Setsuko Tajima(Shiraoi) Tapestry -- General work      Shigeru Araki(Sapporo) Parent and child bears -- General work      Shinobu Sugimura(Sapporo) Ita -- Traditional woodcraft      Kiyoko Mamiya(Ishikari) Cikarkarpe -- Traditional weaving      Yuko Fukumoto(Sapporo) Hos -- Traditional weaving      Tokuhei Akibe(Kushiro) Tonkori -- Traditional woodcraft      Makiko Kirimoto(Mitsuishi) Ruunpe -- Traditional weaving