Utaritari　2025

Scheduled to be held at Akanko Ainu Kotan on January 18th and 19th!

We are planning to hold the Ainu culture festival "Utaritari" in order to let as many people as possible know about Ainu culture through experiencing Ainu culture.

"U" means "each other" in the Ainu language, "utari" means "friend", and "tari tari" means "to shake something up and down." The name of the festival was ``Utaritari'', which is a combination of these words.

"Utaritari" includes Ainu music, traditional dance, food, and cultural experiences at venues such as Lake Akan Ainu Kotan, in order to convey the charm of Ainu culture of Lake Akan, which has coexisted with nature.

We will also invite guest artists to take on the challenge of creating new expressions of Ainu culture.

■Event overview
Name: Utaritari
Date: January 18th (Sat) and 19th (Sun), 2025
Venue: Akanko Ainu Theater , “Onnecise” and others

■Details
●Dance performances by Ainu ethnic teams from all over Hokkaido
●Performance by guest artists
　NEO Ryukyu (Okinawa)...Okinawa traditional performing arts performance
　Zoord (Hungary)... Performance by Jew’s harp, violin, and drum unit
●Collaboration performance between Ainu culture bearers and guest artists
●Indigo dyeing/embroidery workshop
●Jew’s harp workshop
●Forest guide
●Torch march
●Provided by Ohau
●Folk craft store stamp rally, etc.

■About Akanko Ainu Kotan
https://www.akanainu.jp/en/

■About Lake Akan
https://en.kushiro-lakeakan.com/