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Cold Spell

4:32 min. - January and February are the coldest months of the year. Most of the time, it’s so cold that not even the animals in the forest are moving.

Transcription

Antoine Mark - Guests have arrived.
Kanikuen Gabriel - I was very eager for New Year's to arrive. We were awakened by gunshots. Good wishes and gunshots. For example: here's to my uncle, pow! Here's to my aunt, pow! Afterwards we exchanged gifts. A gift could be a pail of fat, flour, sugar and fabric. It was really pleasant. People came from all over, even from Tshishe-shastshit. That's how it was when I was young.
Narrator - The Innu spend a lot of time together, sometimes a month, sometimes two. It depends on the weather. They tease each other, tell all kinds of stories and compare skills. January and February are the coldest months of the year. Most of the time it's so cold that not even the animals in the forest move. So, people take this opportunity to arrange a skin, make a hook, or some toys for the children who get bored inside the tent.
Marie-Josette Bellefleur - It's a small beaver, the skin is thin. I can't make the holes too close to the edge, or it will tear when it's stretched.
Music - Rodrigue Fontaine, Bill St-Onge, Luc Bacon


2 Comments

Elysabeth B 8 years, 10 months ago

merci de partager votre quotidien avec nous et de perpétuer ainsi la tradition.

Essiambre Jocelyne 11 years, 11 months ago

Quel bel héritage vous transmettez avec cette vidéo.Merci.


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