Shigeru Kayano, Biratori Ainu Culture Succession and Practice Group
Compact disc.
Program notes in Japanese and English inserted in container.
Recorded 13 March 2000 at Nibutani, Biratori-cho, Hokkaido.
Sung in Japanese.
1. Iuta upopo = Husking song -- 2. Apehekote kamuynomi = Prayer to the Fire God -- 3. Sinnurappa = Offerings for ancestors -- 4-6. Ionnokka = Lullaby I-III -- 7-9 Tongue twister I-III -- 10. Upopo = Seated song -- 11. Catpiyak = Swallow dance -- 12. Hararki = Crane dance -- 13. Annahore = Crane dance on a marsh -- 14. Yaysama = Improvised song -- 15. Horippa = Ring dance -- 16. Kamuy yukar = Songs of the Gods : The great snake of Lake Sikot -- 17. Uepeker = Prose tale : The twin headed man -- 18. Yukar = Heroic epic : The beauty and great viper of Santa Village