Ainu traditional house

by rebecca ~ May 26th, 2005. Filed under: Ainu rights, Whirling Dervish.

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A woman helping to build a traditional Ainu house, called a chise: the walls are made with sa-sa (bamboo) leaves. I think the “sa-sa” name matches the way these bamboo grasses sound when the wind blows through them.

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