qulliq

Host Lucy Tulugarjuk welcomes Angugasak Angutimarik to talk about Bowhead Whale Fat and why it is used for the Qulliq (stone lamp). The first of two Tunnganarniq Nunagijavut episodes featuring Lucy's family in Igloolik. LIVE on August 19th, 2022.

Program name: Qimaivvik – was an Igloolik cultural show including storytelling, hunting and sewing techniques, legends, language, igloo building, etc.
Producer: Inuit Broadcasting, Igloolik, Nunavut
Host: Julie Ivalu

Segment 1: Ben Arnarjuaq of Hall Beach discusses raising and maintaining a dog team.

Program name: Qimaivvik – was an Igloolik cultural show including storytelling, hunting and sewing techniques, legends, language, igloo building, etc.
Producer: Inuit Broadcasting, Igloolik, Nunavut
Host: Verna Kadluk

Program: Kippinguijautiit (Things to Pass Time By): This show entertains the audience with funny and interesting stories on traditional and contemporary Inuit way of life. Kippingujautiit features northern musical talent and coverage of games and special events. Kippinguijautiit was the most popular Inuktitut language program from the audience survey conducted in 1992.… Uqalimakkanirit

 Program: Qaggiq (“Gathering Place”) – is a current affairs program (refers to a large igloo built for the gathering of several families).

Producer: Iqaluit Inuit Broadcasting, Nunavut
Host: Leevete Atagoyuk

Segment 1: This is a celebration of the annual “Return of the Sun” in Igloolik. Qulliq’s are lit at the public gathering.

 Program: Qaggiq

Producer: Iqaluit Inuit Broadcasting, Nunavut
Host: Eelai Michael

Segment 1: Alacie Joamie presents on how to work a qulliq, the Inuit stone lamp. The presentation is to high school students at the Iqaluit high school. She also shares her own survival skills.

Program name: Kippinguijautiit … Uqalimakkanirit

Mary Ineak teaches Annie and Anirniq how to plant flowers at home and about different kinds of plants.Then they show Arctic cotton and moss. Next, an elder teaches how to light a qulliq using the Arctic cotton and moss. Miali Ainiak ilinniaqtittijuq Aanimik ammalu Anirnimik qanuq piruqsiarnit piruqsaisuungummangaat anngirrami ammalu piruqsiat missaanut.… Uqalimakkanirit

Takulausimajasi

Producer: Baker Lake – Inuit Broadcasting Corporation
Host: Abraham Tagalik

Segment 1: In 1991, Theresa Taqtaq talks about her qulliq. She explains how they were able to survive using the snow and the qulliq.

Program name: Qaggiq
Qaggiq (“Gathering Place”) – is a current affairs program (refers to a large igloo built for the gathering of several families).
Location: Igloolik, Kugaaruk (Pelly Bay), Nunavut
Host: Sytukie Joamie

Segment 1: The swearing in of the first Nunavut Wildlife Management Board in Igloolik.
Interviewer: Sytokie Joamie… Uqalimakkanirit

I did not like small animals , my inujjaa would have fur from a caribou skin firom an antler ,that is why I never use any small animal fur . when my mother first made me a sheet for a caribou skin from an alter I was soo happy . but after words I was able to use leman fur because other girls had it … Uqalimakkanirit

Women of the Arnait Video Collective reenact a traditional women's activity: the use of the qulliq. The qulliq is the seal oil lamp and stove of the old days, the only source of light and warmth. The women tell the story in words and songs as they install the qulliq in their igloo.

Women of the Video Collective reenact a traditional women's activity: the use of the qulliq.

The qulliq is the seal oil lamp and stove of the old days, the only source of light and warmth. The women tell the story in words and songs as they install the qulliq in their igloo.

Filmmaker: Arnait Ikkagurtigitt Collective

Igloolik, Fall 1945. Even here, news of the terrible world war raging outside makes people frightened and uneasy. They talk of the danger of the unknown future, of shamanistic intervention to protect their culture.