Say it loud, say it proud: we love our seal meat

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March 20, 2009

Say it loud, say it proud: we love our seal meat

Iqaluit residents celebrate their favourite sea mammal
NUNATSIAQ NEWS

Iqaluit residents feasted on raw seal meat and reveled in the beauty of sealskin clothing at a community gathering held this past March 14 to assert Inuit pride in the Arctic seal hunt. Mamaqtuq! Hungry Iqaluit residents quickly consumed two fresh seals that hunters skinned and butchered at last weekend’s Celebration of the Seal event.
(PHOTOS BY JIM BELL)





"It was very civilized," organizer Aaju Peter said of the event, which drew between 300 and 400 people to the Arctic Winter Games arena.

While hunters skinned and butchered two fresh seals, Iqaluit residents displayed seal-skin garments and watched children from a local daycare enact a seal-hunting pantomime.
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http://www.sealsandsealing.net/
http://www.nunatsiaq.com/news/features/90320_2004.html