Iqaluit: June 24th – 2013 –    Peter Varga reports for Nunatsiaq Online  on the sealskin workers and hunters who helped preserve Inuit traditions.

Organizers of the June 21 Celebration of the Seal in Iqaluit honoured two experts at this year’s event to show that sealing is alive and well in Nunavut, thanks to the many skilled hunters and sealskin workers who help preserve the Inuit tradition. Read the full story here.

Iqaluit residents work quickly to cut up five fresh seals at Iqaluit’s sixth annual Celebration of the Seal event, held June 21 at Sylvia Grinnell Park. Event organizers honoured Elisapi Davidee-Aningmiuq and Sandy Oolayou for “outstanding contributions for the promotion and preservation of traditional seal skin handling techniques in Nunavut.”(PHOTOS © BY PETER VARGA)

 

Iqaluit residents work quickly to cut up five fresh seals at Iqaluit’s sixth annual Celebration of the Seal event, held June 21 at Sylvia Grinnell Park. (PHOTOS © BY PETER VARGA)