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Qelutviaq
The qelutviaqJacobson, Steven A. (2012)Yup'ik Eskimo Dictionary, 2nd edition Alaska Native Language Center. ("''Qelutviaq'' stringed musical instrument, such as guitar, banjo, or harp.") or kelutviaqSadie, Stanley. ''The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments'' volume 2 (1984) (). ("Kelutviaq. A single-string fiddle used by the of south-west Alaska and Nelson Island.") is a one-stringed lute (or fiddle) played by the Central Alaskan Yup'ik people of Nelson Island and southwest Alaska, United States. The white or black Black is a color which results from the absence or complete absorption of visible light. It is an achromatic color, without hue, like white and grey. It is often used symbolically or figuratively to represent darkness. Black and white ... spruce root (''negavgun'') is used for strings on the qelutviaq. The instrument was attested as recently as 1971 by ethnomusicologist Ronald Walcott. References External links Imageat Columbia University Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Alaskan Yup'ik People
The Yup'ik or Yupiaq (sg & pl) and Yupiit or Yupiat (pl), also Central Alaskan Yup'ik, Central Yup'ik, Alaskan Yup'ik ( own name ''Yup'ik'' sg ''Yupiik'' dual ''Yupiit'' pl; russian: Юпики центральной Аляски), are an Indigenous people of western and southwestern Alaska ranging from southern Norton Sound southwards along the coast of the Bering Sea on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta (including living on Nelson and Nunivak Islands) and along the northern coast of Bristol Bay as far east as Nushagak Bay and the northern Alaska Peninsula at Naknek River and Egegik Bay. They are also known as Cup'ik by the Chevak Cup'ik dialect-speaking people of Chevak and Cup'ig for the Nunivak Cup'ig dialect-speaking people of Nunivak Island. Both Chevak Cup'ik and Nunivak Cup'ig people are also known as ''Cup'ik.'' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
