Film: Inuit Song (Canada)
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On the shores of Canada's Arctic Bay, two teenage Inuit girls sing a traditional melody. Their friend keeps the beat with a qilaut, a drum made of stretched caribou skin that was originally used to summon animist gods during ritual services. The qilaut is also called a "wind drum."
- Canada
- Location:
- Arctic Bay, Nunavut
- Date:
- September 2007
- Grants Awarded:
- City of Iqaluit ($250,000)
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