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  Nunavut (Our Land) Episode 12: Unaaq (Harpoon)

  uploaded by: Norman Cohn

  canal: Jon's Working Channel

  Igloolik, Fall-Winter 1946. Sitting around the stone house carving a harpoon, Qulitalik starts talking about the year gone past. Everyone joins in with stories and laughter. Tea is boiling over the seal lamps, children playing on the caribou skin beds. Grandmother tells the old stories, everybody has a new one. Home is warm and cozy.… Leer más

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  Nunavut (Our Land) Episode 13: Quviasukvik (Happy Day)

  uploaded by: Norman Cohn

  canal: Jon's Working Channel

  Igloolik, Fall-Winter 1946. It's almost a month since the sun disappeared. Back in the stone house everyone wakes up to Christmas Day. For Inuit in 1946, Christmas is a strange mix of ritual, some from the old life and some from the new.… Leer más