Ainu people hold ritual in Hokkaido

Ainu people hold ritual in Hokkaido

Indigenous Ainu people take part in a "kotan-nomi" ritual to celebrate the autumn harvest on Nov. 1, 2015, at a museum dedicated to the ethnic minority group in the Hokkaido town of Shiraoi, northern Japan.

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