04100IQ-QIMAI-96-__-INUK

Program name: Qimaivvik – was an Igloolik cultural show including storytelling, hunting and sewing techniques, legends, language, igloo building, etc.
Producer: Inuit Broadcasting, Baker Lake, Nunavut
Host: Peter Tapatai

Segment 1: Drum dancers and ajaaja singers from Kugaaruk, Taloyoak, Cambridge Bay and Kugluktuk gather at Gjoa Haven for a performance.

Segment 2: Attaaluk talks about shamanism and how shamans heal people.

Segment 3: Bernadette Saumik of Rankin Inlet, sings an ajaaja song.

The Inuit Broadcasting Corporation, established in Canada's territory of Nunavut, has been producing Inuit language video, by, for and about Inuit since 1981. This video is from their collection and has been made available on the Internet for your enjoyment through funding provided by the Government of Canada and the Government of Nunavut.