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Iomante (イオマンテ),
sometimes written as
Iyomante (イヨマンテ), is an Ainu
ceremony in
which a
brown bear is sacrificed. The word
literally means "to send something/someone...
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ritual which is
called Iomante, in the Ainu language, or
Kumamatsuri in ****anese.
Kumamatsuri translates to "bear festival," and
Iomante means "sending off...
- communities, ****oki were used
decorate the
skulls of
deceased bears during the
Iomante ceremony. Ainu
History and Culture :
Ornaments Takashi Irimoto, The Ainu...
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heavens with gifts.
There are
various rituals of this type,
including the
iomante, the bear ceremony. The
rituals center around the idea of
releasing the...
- ways of the Ainu. The Ainu
residents are
reviving a lost
tradition called Iomante, a
controversial ritual killing of a bear,
which some of them
agree with...
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blood as part of a
religious festival known as
Iomante.[citation needed]
Ussuri brown bear in the
Iomante ceremony "IUCN
Brown Bear
subspecies status"....
- The Ainu
Iomante ceremony (bear sending). ****anese
scroll painting,
circa 1870...
- animal's
similar hunting habits.
Wolves were
sacrificed in "sending-away"
iomante ceremonies, and some Ainu communities, such as
those in
Tokachi and Hidaka...
- 1915 A
dancing bear in Pushkar, India, 2003
Dancing bear in France, 2007
Iomante The Bear
Comes Home
Ursari Bear-baiting Corbinian's Bear
Wojtek (bear)...
- The Ainu
Iomante ceremony (bear sending). ****anese
scroll painting,
circa 1870....
