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Inuktitut is Nunavut’s dominant language and the territory has its own Inuit Broadcasting Corporation. Traditional arts such as soapstone carving, throat singing, and dancing to the beat of ancient drums are all very much alive in Nunavut. However, Nunavut’s Inuit have also branched out into more modern media.
What do Nunavut day do?
Nunavut Day is a federal holiday, so employees mostly have the day off from work. Celebrations are iconic with speeches by local leaders, communal meals, traditional dances, barbecues, games, history presentations and the future of the province, and more.
What holidays do the Inuit celebrate?
Quviasukvik is the Inuit winter feast that celebrates the coming year and placates the roaming spirits for good luck in the year to come.
Do people in Nunavut celebrate Christmas?
Holiday traditions are different in the Far North. Instead of gold, frankincense and myrrh, it’s muktuk, caribou and arctic char. Snowflakes float down from the darkened sky, shimmering in the dim glow of the street lamps.
Nunavut is home to the world’s northernmost permanently inhabited place, Alert. 15. Quttinirpaaq National Park is the second most northerly park on Earth. In Inuktitut, Quttinirpaaq means “top of the world.” That sure makes sense!
Why is Nunavut called Nunavut?
The new territory, to be called “Nunavut” after the Inuit word for “our land,” would include the central and eastern area of the NWT where the majority of residents are Inuit.
The creation of Nunavut in 1999 (the region was previously part of the Northwest Territories) represented the first major change to the political map of Canada since the incorporation of Newfoundland into Confederation in 1949.
What are 2 festivals that the Inuit celebrate?
Here are four festivals and events to enjoy under the Midnight Sun.
- Inuvialuit Day. On June 5, 1984 the Government of Canada recognized the Inuvialuit Settlement Region as the westernmost Inuit land-claims area in Canada.
- Outdoor Arctic Market.
- National Indigenous Peoples Day.
- Great Northern Arts Festival.
What is the biggest holiday in Canada?
Christmas is by far the biggest holiday on the Canadian calendar.
Why is Nunavut Boxing Day different?
Traditions of Boxing Day One theory is that it comes from the fact that servants were given their presents in boxes on this day, the 26th being the first working day after Christmas day. Another popular theory is that it is named after the custom of priests opening alms boxes in churches after Christmas.