Inupiaq New Year Activities in Barrow, Alaska
Courtesy of Mary Sage
Photos by Maloney
In the first part, Herman
is drumming and the boys
are dancing.
Then Joseph tries several
times to take the box drum away from Herman, and he
succeeds.
After they are done, the boys dance some more with Joseph at the box drum.
After this song is done, we do the aniiraq, which literally pulls in the new year. We try
to go as low as we can.
After the aniiraq, we dance two by two, doing
anything silly to make the crowd laugh. Joseph and I were doing Kung Fu.
You can also see my 3 year old Kivvaq. She was the last person in the aniiraq,
and it was soooo awesome to glance back and see her. She is such a doll!
After we were done, we did some invitational songs
and then motion dances.
We are going to have Kivgiq
(the messenger’s feast) here in Barrow from Feb 11-14.
I can’t wait for Kivgiq!
I’ve included the history
of Kivgiq from Ikayuaq.:
The Sacred Gift of Song, Dance, and Festivity
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Clara, Sage, Mariska Sanchez |
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Frances Nageak and Robin Kaleak |
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Kalukaq 3 Joseph Takingit |
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