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Title: The Dance Festivals of the Alaskan Eskimo

Author: Ernest William Hawkes

Release Date: September 6, 2008 [EBook #26544]

Language: English

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Transcriber's Notes:
1) There are a number of words in the native language that appear to mean
the same thing, but have different accents. It is unknown if this is
intentional or a printing error - these have been left as printed. eg:
Nuleaga / nuleaga ... Takinaka / takinaka / Takinaka ... Wahok / wahok
2) Characters with diacritical marks are noted as follows:
Acute ['x] macron [=x] combined ['=x]
Macron (below) [x=]
Dot above [.x]
Breve [)x]

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UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
THE UNIVERSITY MUSEUM
ANTHROPOLOGICAL PUBLICATIONS
VOL. VI No. 2
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THE DANCE FESTIVALS OF THE
ALASKAN ESKIMO

BY
E. W. HAWKES

PHILADELPHIA
PUBLISHED BY THE UNIVERSITY MUSEUM
1914

CONTENTS

PAGE
INTRODUCTION 5
PHONETIC KEY 7
THE DANCE IN GENERAL 9
THE CHORUS 10
PARTICIPATION OF THE SEXES 11
THE KASGI OR DANCE HOUSE 13
PARAPHERNALIA 15
THE DANCE FESTIVALS 19
THE ASKING FESTIVAL 22
THE BLADDER FEAST 26
THE FEASTS TO THE DEAD 29
THE ANNUAL FEAST, AIL['=I]GI 31
THE GREAT FEAST, AITHUK['=A]TUKHTUK 33
THE FEAST GIVERS 34
THE RITUAL 35
THE CLOTHING OF THE NAMESAKES 38
THE INVITING-IN FESTIVAL 40

INTRODUCTION