Native Ryukyuan People
The okinawan people 沖縄人 uchinānchu are a ryukyuan ethnic group native to the okinawa islands of okinawa prefecture japan.
Native ryukyuan people. Ruuchuu minzuku or duuchuu minzuku also lewchewan or loochooan are an east asian ethnic group native to the ryukyu islands between the islands of kyushu and taiwan. The ryukyuan and the ainu share similar genetic traits despite living on opposite ends of the japan archipelago a new study has found. Politically they live in either okinawa prefecture or kagoshima prefecture their languages make up the ryukyuan languages considered to be one of the two branches.
The amami okinawa miyako and yaeyama islands have a native population collectively called the ryukyuan people named for the former ryukyu kingdom that ruled. Native ryukyuan religion places strong emphasis upon the role of the women in the community with women holding positions as shamans and guardians of the home and hearth. When i was an elementary student i learned that there have been many discriminations remained for them even now.
The ryukyuan is said an indigenous people in japan they were originally living in the most southern part of japanese archipelago okinawa. Children who spoke the native ryukyuan languages at school were punished with dialect cards. United nations special rapporteurs on contemporary forms of racism racial discrimination xenophobia and related intolerance have in the past referred to the people of okinawa as a national minority and as having an indigenous culture and there have been some private initiatives in revitalizing ryūkyūan languages and a greater appreciation of traditional culture and traditions.
The two main ethnic groups of kagoshima prefecture are the japanese and the ryukyuans amami islands. Shisa statues can often be seen on or in front of houses this relates to the ancient ryukyuan belief that the male spirit is the spirit of the outside and the female spirit is the spirit of the inside. Although various traditions and legends may differ from one island to the other the ryukuans worship their ancestors while respecting the relationship between the spirits gods the living and the dead.
The ryukyuan people are indigenous to the ryukyu islands. The ryukyuan people 琉球民族 ryūkyū minzoku okinawan. 1 after world war ii ended the ryukyu islands were placed under american administration.
Ryukyuan religion is a native belief structure of the ryukyu islands. Ruuchuu minzuku are the indigenous peoples of the ryukyu islands between the islands of kyushu and taiwan. During the battle of okinawa world war ii between 40 000 to 150 000 okinawans were killed.
