Yukie Chiri memorial hall founded

SAPPORO, Japan - Members of the Ainu indigenous group perform a ceremony at a newly built hall to commemorate the work of Yukie Chiri, a pioneer in making written records of Ainu oral tradition, in Noboribetsu, Hokkaido, on Sept. 17, 2010. The hall named ''Chiri Yukie Gin no Shizuku'' is scheduled to open from Sept. 19.

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