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SoCultures November 2018
India & Russia
Do you think that Nivkh people of Russia’s Sakhalin Island are slowing moving
away from their language and traditions?
Indigenous peoples worldwide are moving away from their traditions. There is
always pressure from within in indigenous communities to embrace modernity and
live like the “rest of the world.” The Nivkh, number less than five thousand, but
are still trying to preserve their traditions. I wish luck for this challenging and
daunting task in a rapidly globalizing world.
A Nivkh village in the early-20th century
By Unknown - photoarchive REM, Public Domain,
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8784864
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