Traditional Ainu dance performed at Ainu Museum

SAPPORO, Japan - Women perform a traditional dance of the indigenous Ainu people in a traditional house at the Ainu Museum in Shiraoi town in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on Aug. 10, 2014, to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the museum's opening.

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