| THE WONDERFUL NUNAVUT | |||||||||||||||||
| CULTURE |
Canada's newest territory already came in 1999 April 1st . Although that was a while ago it has a history believe it or not . Rich and colorful with excitement and celebrations .Also , what plays a major role in it's history is the amazing culture which comes down to various things . Such as food , games , songs , music ,language and many other things that wouldn't want to make you stop learning about NUNAVUT . | ||||||||||||||||
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Although these games and songs are very old , they still bring joy to our inuits . In the pass , the games were energetic and very powerful . For example , wrestling contests , learning Scotish dances and drum dancing . Their winter games and celebrations were held in a "qaggiq" , which means a giant snowhouse and summer times they were held outdoors . They all had different songs for special occasions which still brought happiness . These fun songs were made up about almost anything . Hunting , funny times , starving , children , etc. | Entertainment (games &songs) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Food and Language |
Food is used for many of their celebrations . They believe it tastes better when it is shared with their family and friends . They eat all types of things and there are many different ways to prepare it . Three of their popular sauces are "aalu" , "misiraq" and "nirukkaq" . Aalu is made of parts from caribou or seal . This is one of the most popular dips for all types of meat. Miseraq is made from seal's or whale's blubber . This dip is made all over the North . Last but not least , nirukkaq , is made of caribou's stomach . They eat more than just frozen or raw meat and sauces . There is alot more . They do enjoy having guests over for their meals but they do not stay for long . When they are finished eating they leave right away . Inuits do not believe in overstaying their welcome .Another food that they do eat eat is dried fish . Some foods lead to many traditions . Such as cariboustewed using blackbush gives a woody taste . LANGUAGE The single language that Inuits read and write is "Inuktitut" . It is understood by one another all over the north . Although , writing may have various differences but is understood when spoken . Today , it is written in symbols in the Baffin and Kivalliq region and in the western part of Kitikmeot it's written as Roman orthography . INUKTITUT SOUNDS I (ee,long e) U (oo, u--long u) Ja (ja) PI (pi) PU (poo) AA (ah) TI (tee) TU (too) PA (pa) KI (key) KU (koo) TA (ta) GI (ghee) GU (goo) KA (ka) MI (me) MU (moo) GA (ga) NI (nee) NU (noo) MA (ma) SI (see) SU (soo) NA (na) LI (lee) LU (loo) SA (sa) JI (jee) JU (joo) LA (la) In Kitikmeot , the name they give this language is written as "INNUIQNAQTUN" but once again the phrases are written differently sometimes but very similiar sounds ! We do have Inuits that speak english . A very large portion in the western area speak it . They do also try to practice "INNUIAQTUN" through out schools and work . | ||||||||||||||||
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