Ainu indigenous people's ritual

Ainu indigenous people's ritual

Members of an Ainu cultural preservation body hold a ritual on Sept. 5, 2020, to celebrate the arrival of the year's salmon season in Mombetsu, northern Japan. The indigenous people in Hokkaido dedicate salmon to the river god in the ritual.

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