The Japan Times1d ago
From a Hungarian choir in Budapest to EU diplomacy in Brussels, the fate of minority languages reveals how states define themselves — and whom they protect. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/06/11/world/fate-of-minority-languages/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #languages #nationalism #hungary #ukraine #miyako #taiwan #yaeyama #yonaguni #okinawan #unesco #eu #transcarpathia #china #tibetans #uyghurs #mongolians #russia #crimea #ryukyukingdom
Language, power and the price of entry

The same logic that protects Hungarians in Ukraine leaves Russian in the cold. Language policy, it turns out, has a foreign policy.

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AlexandraJun 8, 2024
in #okinawa international university for the 15th meeting of the #Ryukyu Funerary Practices Research Group. This time we will talk about funerary practices in the #Yaeyama.
the hashtag will be #ryukyufun
Richie YamashiroyaJan 21, 2024

Today's song is "Katami Bushi"

#Yaeyama #Music #Okinawa

Richie YamashiroyaJan 12, 2024

Today's song is "Asadoya Yunta" (short version).

It's kind of late and I don't want to disturb my neighbors so today is a quick one.

#Yaeyama #Music #Okinawa

Janne MorenDec 3, 2023

I got a new "ti-ga-" (body belt) for my #sanshin . It's a traditional #Minsah textile from #yaeyama , handwoven on Ishigaki. An instrument that looks better also plays better!

The standard belt on the left, the minsah belt on the right.

#Okinawa #music #crafts #沖縄 #三線

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> And more!!!
> ※内容は予告なく変わることがあります。
> SAVE the YAEYAMA FOREST
We love the local, natural forest of Yaeyama.
> Let us take time to consider whether it is fair for some companies to cut it down, because if we lose it, it will never come back.
#Kagoshima #YaEYama