Alacie Tullaugaq, ᐊᓚᓯ ᑐᓪᓚᐅᕋᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ, (born April 20, 1935) is an Inuit

throat singer Overtone singing – also known as overtone chanting, harmonic singing, polyphonic overtone singing, and diphonic singing – is a set of singing techniques in which the vocalist manipulates the resonances of the vocal tract, in order to arous ...

, elder, and artist from

Puvirnituq Puvirnituq ( iu, ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᖅ) is a northern village (Inuit community) in Nunavik, on the Povungnituk River near its mouth on Hudson Bay in northern Quebec, Canada. Its population was 2,128 as of the 2021 Canadian census. Of all oth ...

, Quebec. Tullaugaq is recognized as being one of the foremost practitioners of the Katajjak form of

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, performing internationally at many venues, such as the

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. She is cited by Gregory as being one of the most respected and accomplished Katajjak singers today. In 2011, Tullaugaq recorded an album entitled ''Katutjatut,'' along with Lucy Amarualik. The album is on the Inukshuk Records label and features Tullaugaq and Amarualik, who is also from the Puvirnituq community, performing together. It received awards and is recognized as being an excellent example of traditional throat singing and frequently appears on recommendation lists for traditional throat singing. Tullaugag is an elder in her community.

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