Shiretoko's original inhabitants, the Ainu, had referred to the peninsula as the end of the world.

知床的原住民阿伊努人把这个半岛看作是世界的尽头。

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The Ainu of northern Japan are a people whose culture, language and physical appearance set them apart from other Asians.

日本北方的阿伊努原住民，他们的文化语言和外表，都与它地的亚洲人与众不同。

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The Ainu were the originalinhabitants of much of northern Japan, while related groups had long settledSakhalin and Kamchatka.

阿伊努人是北日本大部分地区的原住民，在库页岛和堪察加半岛也定居着与他们有关系的部落。

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The Ainu are an indigenous people who today live mostly in Hokkaid? in northern Japan.

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Believing that deities can be found in their surroundings, the Ainu frequently use dance to worship and give thanks for nature.

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For the Ainu, dance reinforces their connection to the natural and religious world and provides a link to other Arctic cultures in Russia and North America.

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