Iomante (イオマンテ), sometimes written as Iyomante (イヨマンテ), is an Ainu ceremony in which a brown bear is sacrificed. The word literally means "to send something/someone...

ritual which is called Iomante, in the Ainu language, or Kumamatsuri in Japanese. Kumamatsuri translates to "bear festival," and Iomante means "sending off...

heavens with gifts. There are various rituals of this type, including the iomante, the bear ceremony. The rituals center around the idea of releasing the...

(Debo Akibe), who teaches him Ainu traditions. The community is reviving Iomante, a controversial bear-sacrifice ritual, sparking debate among the residents...

communities, shitoki were used decorate the skulls of deceased bears during the Iomante ceremony. Ainu History and Culture : Ornaments Takashi Irimoto, The Ainu...

blood as part of a religious festival known as Iomante.[citation needed] Ussuri brown bear in the Iomante ceremony "IUCN Brown Bear subspecies status"....

The Ainu Iomante ceremony (bear sending). Japanese scroll painting, c. 1870...

 1915 A dancing bear in Pushkar, India, 2003 Dancing bear in France, 2007 Iomante The Bear Comes Home Ursari Bear-baiting Corbinian's Bear Wojtek (bear)...

animal's similar hunting habits. Wolves were sacrificed in "sending-away" iomante ceremonies, and some Ainu communities, such as those in Tokachi and Hidaka...

The Ainu Iomante ceremony (bear sending). Japanese scroll painting, circa 1870....

reached maturity, they would hold another ritual every 5 to 10 years called Iomante (sometimes Iyomante). People from neighboring villages were invited to...

is not intended to be worn on a daily basis - it is usually worn during iomante ceremonies and other festivals, or to celebrate important guests. In the...

but one made as offerings for sacred days such as the Bear Festival (iomante) and Ancestors’ Festival (icarup).: 157–158  Usual ingredients were proso...

(thatched-roof houses), hepereset (cages for keeping young bears usually for the iomante ceremony), an ashinru and/or menokol (lavatories for the males and females...

animals were used as some form of animal sacrifice, perhaps similar to the iomante ceremony conducted by the Ainu people with black bears. As many of these...

reported from many other northern people who share their habitat with bears. Iomante, a similar practice among the Ainu people of Japan. Vakkajuhlat, a sacred...

as a cultural instead of religious ceremony. A very similar ceremony, Iomante, is practiced by the Ainu people of Japan.[citation needed] The Russian...

included bear, deer, horse, and green pheasant sacrifice. [citation needed] Iomante (イオマンテ), sometimes written as Iyomante (イヨマンテ), is an Ainu ceremony in...

and other forms of blessing prayer in 1873. In addition, tattoos and Iomante were banned, affecting Ainu culture and Ryukyuan culture. In 1872, the...

elements that became the hallmarks of modern Ainu culture, including the iomante bear ceremony, were introduced to the Ainu from the Okhotsk culture carried...

names and adjust to Japanese culture, and prohibited Ainu culture such as Iomante, the one of significant ritual for Kamuy, and tattoo. The biggest significant...

transcendents, and when Kamui acted unjustly, the Ainu would protest. The Iomante, the best-known Ainu religious ritual, was not found during the Abramian...

this style (who died in 1973), the rekukhara was often done during the iomante ritual, the slaughter of a brown bear, as the produced sounds from this...

traditional Ainu village. Performers show traditional crafts and dances like the iomante rimse. Ayoro Beach Inkura Falls Kojohama hotsprings Lake Kuttara Mount...

of puppetry also referred to as kairaishi. Ritual Ainu dances include iomante (to drive away bears), pekanpe (prayers for the ripening of water chestnut)...