DRUM DANCE
Drum dance was used on different occasions:
- at necromancy
- as entertainment
- for solving of conflicts
In the big circle two persons are solving a conflict.
They take turns to perform the drum dance and sing pasquinades about each other.
Pasquinade
An Inuit from southern Greenland and an Inuit from Ilulissat have come to a disagreement in a trade of baleens and soapstone.
You choose which party you are, Inuit from southern Greenland with soapstone or Inuit from Ilulissat with baleens.
Make a list words that could be used in a pasquinade.
Inuit were dependent on the game animals to survive. So they had to follow the animals wherever they were. The map on page 19 in the book shows the great distances people from Sermermiut travelled.
In the summer they travelled to settlements in the fjords to hunt reindeer, fish trout and halibut.
They also caught walrus and narwhals in the sea near the coast.
On their travels they met other Inuit. They traded with them and exchanged stories.
What was the longest travel people from Sermermiut undertook? How long?
What was traded when people met at the settlements?
Find help on page 18 in the book.
Why were walrus and narwhal especially coveted?
Inuit from southern Greenland undertook the dangerous journey to the Disko Bay after baleens. They were needed for fishing lines so they could fish for Greenland halibut and redfish in winter from the sea ice.
They brought along soapstone, a coveted trading object.
Soapstone the Inuit from the Disko Bay used for making lamps. Useful when hunting in winter when there was no sunlight
2-4 baleens could be traded for 1 soapstone.
Where did the Inuit obtain soapstone? Get help at page 21.
What was used in the lamp to make it give out light?
Search for pictures of a Greenland halibut and a redfish. Insert them or draw them.
Drum dance was used on different occasions:
- at necromancy
- as entertainment
- for solving of conflicts
In the big circle two persons are solving a conflict.
They take turns to perform the drum dance and sing pasquinades about each other.
Pasquinade
An Inuit from southern Greenland and an Inuit from Ilulissat have come to a disagreement in a trade of baleens and soapstone.
You choose which party you are, Inuit from southern Greenland with soapstone or Inuit from Ilulissat with baleens.
Make a list words that could be used in a pasquinade.
Inuit were dependent on the game animals to survive. So they had to follow the animals wherever they were. The map on page 19 in the book shows the great distances people from Sermermiut travelled.
In the summer they travelled to settlements in the fjords to hunt reindeer, fish trout and halibut.
They also caught walrus and narwhals in the sea near the coast.
On their travels they met other Inuit. They traded with them and exchanged stories.
What was the longest travel people from Sermermiut undertook? How long?
What was traded when people met at the settlements?
Find help on page 18 in the book.
Why were walrus and narwhal especially coveted?
Inuit from southern Greenland undertook the dangerous journey to the Disko Bay after baleens. They were needed for fishing lines so they could fish for Greenland halibut and redfish in winter from the sea ice.
They brought along soapstone, a coveted trading object.
Soapstone the Inuit from the Disko Bay used for making lamps. Useful when hunting in winter when there was no sunlight
2-4 baleens could be traded for 1 soapstone.
Where did the Inuit obtain soapstone? Get help at page 21.
What was used in the lamp to make it give out light?
Search for pictures of a Greenland halibut and a redfish. Insert them or draw them.
