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The first reindeer a boy shoots is an important ritual!
It shows he is going to be a hunter who can feed his family. Normally he will be around 12 years old but in the linked story the boy is only 9.
Nowadays both boys and girls take part in this ritual.
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Mærkeligt! Den virker herfra, der burde ikke være geoblocking???
Grl is not part of the EU but their laws are generally compatible with DK/EU law.
1) A lot of Danish law is directely copied.
2) Grl. are danish citizens, they follow the same standards as Denmark.
3)EU import rules are very strict. If you want to export eg. fish, you follow EU legislation.
Black and white photo that has been handcoloured. Showing a greenlandic woman looking back over her shoulder at her baby sitting in the amaut (the hood of the mothers parka). From DK NationalMuseum "Serie 310: De 5 nord. Riger. Kolor."."V. Richter. København.", "48. Moder med Barn i Amaut". . Probably from the 1920s - 1930s.
In Greenland babys half birthday (at 6 months) is an important celebration.
If a baby survived this important milestone, there was a good chance that it would thrive and live to see many birthdays.
#Greenland
Black and white photo that has been handcoloured. Showing a greenlandic woman looking back over her shoulder at her baby sitting in the amaut (the hood of the mothers parka). From DK NationalMuseum "Serie 310: De 5 nord. Riger. Kolor."."V. Richter. København.", "48. Moder med Barn i Amaut". . Probably from the 1920s - 1930s.
In Greenland babys half birthday (at 6 months) is an important celebration.
If a baby survived this important milestone, there was a good chance that it would thrive and live to see many birthdays.
#Greenland
Skin Clothing Online is a website w unique, high-resolution, 360 degree rotation photos and detailed information about the collections of fur clothing from indigenous peoples in Greenland, North America, Siberia and North Scandinavia from 2500 BC to the present day
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Photograph of the mountain Sermitsiaq near Nuuk, the capital. In the foreground a brown and yellow landscape, in the middleground the blue fjord. In the background the mountain with a snow covered peak.
Greenlandic is closely related to Canadian Inuit languages such as Inuktitut. 1) variety is Kalaallisut, or West Greenlandic. 2) variety is Tunumiit oraasiat, or East Greenlandic. The language of the Inughuit (Thule Inuit), Inuktun or Polar Inuit, is a recent arrival and a dialect of Inuktitut.
Photograph of the mountain Sermitsiaq near Nuuk, the capital. In the foreground a brown and yellow landscape, in the middleground the blue fjord. In the background the mountain with a snow covered peak.
Greenlandic is closely related to Canadian Inuit languages such as Inuktitut. 1) variety is Kalaallisut, or West Greenlandic. 2) variety is Tunumiit oraasiat, or East Greenlandic. The language of the Inughuit (Thule Inuit), Inuktun or Polar Inuit, is a recent arrival and a dialect of Inuktitut.
Skin Clothing Online is a website w unique, high-resolution, 360 degree rotation photos and detailed information about the collections of fur clothing from indigenous peoples in Greenland, North America, Siberia and North Scandinavia from 2500 BC to the present day
skinddragter.natmus.dk?Language=0
Go on a virtual tour of Qassiarsuk the enigmatic southern Greenlandic towns.
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Go on a virtual tour of Qassiarsuk the enigmatic southern Greenlandic towns.
tapestry.cyark.org/content/qass...
The King visiting Greenlans shows that he also understands and speaks some greenlandic
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This Black & White movie from 1922 - 1924. Scenes from Qeqertarsuaq (Godhavn).
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This Black & White movie from 1922 - 1924. Scenes from Qeqertarsuaq (Godhavn).
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Kalâliuvit? (Er du grønlænder?) Are you Greenlandic?
A short film by Jørgen Roos about living as a Greenlander in Denmark. Friends, homesickness, making it (or not) in the big city of Copenhagen.
In kalaallisut and danish, 1970.
#Greenland #Grønland
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Kalâliuvit? (Er du grønlænder?) Are you Greenlandic?
A short film by Jørgen Roos about living as a Greenlander in Denmark. Friends, homesickness, making it (or not) in the big city of Copenhagen.
In kalaallisut and danish, 1970.
#Greenland #Grønland
www.danmarkpaafilm.dk/film/kalaliu...
Satire, humour and comics are well known in Greenland! E.g. the stories of 'Buuarsikkut', he is a well known figure in Greenland
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Still available
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Satire, humour and comics are well known in Greenland! E.g. the stories of 'Buuarsikkut', he is a well known figure in Greenland
sumut.dk/da/kultur/ud...
Still available
shop.sumut.dk/products/978...
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Arnarulunnguaq at the start of the 5. Thule expedition. She is wearing a traditional north greenlandic fur outfit. At this time she would be around 25 years old. Photo by Therkel Mathiassen (1892-1967)/Arktisk Institut.
2) Arn. was probably born around 1896 to a nomadic family. Her father died when she was around 7 y.o. Her mother, Aleqasersuaq, would not be able to feed them all and to avoid them all suffering a slow hunger-death she decided to end her daughters life. Her brothers pleading saved her life.
Black and white photograph of Arnarulunnguaq in fur coat. She is wearing the medal she recieved in 1925. I have not been able to find further data on the picture from the web.
Shortly after arriving in Denmark, she was diagnosed with tuberculosis and was immediately hospitalized. She stayed until 1925, receiving the Silver Medal of Merit.
She returned to Thule and married Karl Peary (son of Robert Peary). She was weakened by tuberculosis and died in 1933 at the age of 37
Short film about the crash of the US B-52 at Thule Air Base, Jan 21, 1968. The plane, carrying four 1.1-ton nuclear bombs, disappeared beneath the ice. The radioactive plutonium spread throughout the crash area and led to hunting and fishing bans being issued
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Short film about the crash of the US B-52 at Thule Air Base, Jan 21, 1968. The plane, carrying four 1.1-ton nuclear bombs, disappeared beneath the ice. The radioactive plutonium spread throughout the crash area and led to hunting and fishing bans being issued
www.danmarkpaafilm.dk/klip/brintbo...
Black and white photo of Arnarulunnguaq, probably from around 1924. She is seen in a hat, fashionable at the time, and a european coat. She is smiling at the camera looking slightly to one side. Billedsamlingen. Historisk kronologisk samling, Danmark, (1921-1924) 5. Thule-ekspedition. Det Kgl. Biblioteks billedsamling
1) Many have the impression that Arctic exploration was mens work. The best and most successful expeditions (looking at you Kunuunnguaq) had women aboard.
The best known woman is probably Arnarulunnguaq/den lille kvinde/the small woman.
#Greenland #Arcticwomen #Girlpower