Taprarmiuni Kassiyulritt

Wisconsin Bookwatch, August, 2004

Taprarmiuni Kassiyulritt

Anatole Bogeyaktuk, et al.

University of Alaska Press

1st Floor Gruening Building

University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Ala 99775-1580

1555000835 $24.95 1-888-252-6657

Told by Anatole Bogeyaktuk and Charlies Steve; with interviews by Roseanna Dan Waghiyi and Mary Alexander Wondzell; transcribed and translated by Sophie Shield with Marie Meade; and edited by Ann Fienup-Riordan, Taprarmiuni Kassiyulritt: Stebbins Dance Festival pre-sents the complex rituals of the dance festival as practiced by Yup'ik Native Americans, from the perspective of two of the last generation of Yup'ik men to be raised in the qasgi, or communal men's house. Presented in both the Yup'ik and English languages side by side, and enhanced with black-and-white photography, Taprarmiuni Kassiyulritt is a treasure that showcases and helps preserve vital elements of Yup'ik culture, daily life and spirituality, from competitive gift-giving to feasting, feats of strength, and especially dance.

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