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Qargi (Inupiaq: [qɑɻɣi]),
Qasgi or
Qasgiq (by the Yup'iks),
Qaygiq (by the Cup'iks),
Kashim (by the Russians), Kariyit, a
traditional large semi-subterranean...
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communal house, the
qasgiq, was the
community center for
ceremonies and
festivals that
included singing, dancing, and storytelling. The
qasgiq was used mainly...
- had many interactions.
Depending on the village,
qasgiq and ena were
connected by a tunnel. Both
qasgiq and ena also
served as
schools and
workshops for...
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inflated the
bladders of
seals killed that year and
brought them into the
qasgiq. The
timing of the
Bladder Festival varied slightly from
place to place...
- the
heart of Yup’ik
spiritual and
social life.
Traditional dancing in the
qasgiq is a
communal activity in Yup’ik tradition. The mask (kegginaquq) was a...
- "old village") is an
archaeological site of a Yup’ik
winter village (or
qasgiq) near the
Quinhagak in the Yukon-Kuskokwim
Delta region of Southwestern...
- Over the long
winter darkness dances and
storytelling took
place in the
qasgiq using these masks. They most
often create masks for
ceremonies but the masks...
- dialect,
there is no /z/ phoneme, and /j/ is used in its place, such that GCY
qasgiq [qazɣeq] is
pronounced qaygiq [qajɣeq]. HBC does not have the [w] allophone...
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fancy clothing was
reserved for
ceremonial events like
festivals in the
qasgiq, when
animals and
spirits (yua) were honored. The
tradition of the fancy...
- that is
located under a
raised ceiling designed to
refer to the Yup'ik
qasgiq (traditional
large semisubterranean men's
community house), the
museum provides...
