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Welcome To Our Qammaq - Ajaaja Songs with Susan Avingaq
Host Carol Kunnuk welcomes back elder Susan Avingaq to the show to talk about ajaaja, and her experience making ajaaja songs. LIVE from Igloolik on October 12th, 2022.
ᑐᖓᓱᒃᑎᑦᑎᔨ ᑭᐅᕈ ᑯᓐᓄᒃ ᑐᖓᓱᒃᑎᑦᑎᔪ ᐅᑎᖅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᓱᓴᓐ ᐊᕕᖓᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᕐᓗᓂ ᐊᔮᔮᕐᓂᕐᓯ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᑐᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᑕᖏ ᐊᔮᔮᓕᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᖢᓂ. ᓴᕿᔮᑲᐅᑎᒋᔪᖅ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᖕᒥ ᐅᑐᐱᕆ 12, 2022.
Avingaq has an artistic practice that inhabits the roles of actor in film and television, Director in film, and Costume Design for film and theatre. She has been an Inuit cultural consultant, Storyteller, a keeper of traditional Inuit songs, and a cultural teacher to children and youth in the community. She directed and produced the documentary Sol, and contributed to the following feature films: Maliglutit: Costume Design, Uvanga: Actor, Director, Producer, Journals of Knud Rasmussen: Costume Design, Atanarjuat: Costume Design.