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Ainu vocal group performs with ethnic instrument player

SAPPORO, Japan - Marewrew, a four-member female vocal group performing ethnic Ainu songs, performs with Oki (L), a player of the "tonkori," a string instrument played by the Ainu people, during a music festival in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Aug. 1, 2014.

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Non-Ainu high school girl becomes Ainu dancer

KUSHIORO, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 6, 2014 shows Ayaka Ono, an Ainu dance performer, holding the stringed Tonkori, one of the indigenous ethnic group's traditional musical instruments. Despite not being an Ainu, Ono decided to become a performer of the traditional Ainu dance in the spring of 2013.

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(17) 2005 Aichi Exposition

NAGOYA, Japan - Members of the Hokkaido Utari Association play the traditional Ainu string instrument "Tonkori." The photo was taken Nov. 12, 2004. (Kyodo)

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Ainu vocal group performs with ethnic instrument player

SAPPORO, Japan - Marewrew, a four-member female vocal group performing ethnic Ainu songs, performs with Oki (L), a player of the "tonkori," a string instrument played by the Ainu people, during a music festival in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Aug. 1, 2014. (Kyodo)