Amur Culture

Japanese: 沿アムール文化 - えんあむーるぶんか
Amur Culture

The Nanai language belongs to the Tungus-Manchu language family and forms a group with the neighboring languages ​​of the Ulitsi, Orochi, Udehe, and Orok peoples. In terms of livelihood and culture, these peoples share what might be called the "Amur culture." That is, they have settlements on riverbanks and islands, a hunting and gathering economy centered on salmon and trout fishing, a fish diet with dried fish (yukkola) as the main food, dugout canoes and dog sleds, summer and winter houses (pit dwellings), clan (hara) organizations, animism and shamanism, the deification of bears and tigers, and myths of shooting the sun.

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Amur culture" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ナナイ語はツングース・満州語派に属し,隣接するウリチ,オロチ,ウデヘ,オロッコ各族の言語と一グループを構成する。生業や文化の面でもこれらの諸族に共通のいわば〈沿アムール文化〉をもつ。すなわち,川岸や中島での定住集落,サケ・マス漁を中心とする狩漁採集経済,干魚(ユッコラ)を主食とする魚食生活,丸木舟や犬ぞり,夏の家と冬の家(竪穴住居),氏族(ハラ)組織,アニミズムとシャマニズム,熊と虎の神聖化,射日神話などである。…

※「沿アムール文化」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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