About Yukar
Yukar is a music genre. It is usually classed as a form of epic poem, vocal music and Ainu folk music.
From Wikipedia
Yukar (Ainu: ユカㇻ) are Ainu sagas that form a long rich tradition of oral literature. In older periods, the epics were performed by both men and women; during the 19th and early 20th centuries, when Ainu culture was in decline, women were generally the most skillful performers. Traditional tales describe floating worlds with Ainu mosir, or the land of the humans (as opposed to kamuy mosir, the land of the gods), resting on the back of a fish whose movements cause earthquakes.
Genre family tree
Parent genres (↑) and subgenres (↓) of Yukar.
- ↑ epic poem
- ↑ vocal music
- ↑ Ainu folk music
- ↑ oral literature of Ainu
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Frequently asked questions
What is Yukar?
Yukar is a music genre. It is usually classed as a form of epic poem, vocal music and Ainu folk music.