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