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In a forest in northern Japan's Hokkaido, Atsushi Monbetsu kneels on the moss in the thick morning fog and begins to pray in a language that has nearly disappeared.
In a forest in northern Japans Hokkaido, Atsushi Monbetsu kneels on the moss in the thick morning fog and begins to pray in a language that has nearly disappeared. Kamuy, he begins, addressing the gods of the Ainu Indigenous people, as he starts a small fire with birch bark. An Ainu man is now e ..