The "Forbidden Window"
channel: More Voices on Inuit Knowledge & Climate Change
An important concept we've heard in some of our interviews with elders is about "the forbidden window". In the past, children were told not to touch or eat ice off the window of the qammaq. These windows were made of animal stomach, either bearded seal or walrus. The stomach would be stretched thin and you could see clear through it when placed properly in a frame.… Uqalimakkanirit