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Drawing on the remembrances of elders who were born in the early 1900s and saw the last masked Yup'ik dances before missionary efforts forced their decline, Agayuliyararput is a collection of first-person accounts of the rich culture surrounding Yup'ik masks. Stories by thirty-three elders from all over southwestern Alaska, presented in parallel Yup'ik and English texts, include a wealth of information about the creation and function of masks and the environment in which they flourished. The full-length, unannotated stories are complete with features of oral storytelling such as repetition…
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1 edition- Paperback · English · 1996Agayuliyararput: Kegginaqut, Kangiit-Ilu = Our Way of Making PrayerUniversity of Washington Press · 236 pages · 9780295975092
Yupik EskimosYupik danceRites and ceremoniesYupik masksEskimosIndian masks, north americaIndian dance, north americaAlaska, social life and customs