Family members identify 2nd unknown voice on CBC North podcast – CBC

by ahnationtalk on July 12, 2021121 Views

Jul 12, 2021

Until now, the record of who shared the story of Qallupilluk with CBC had been lost

A second, unidentified voice on a CBC North podcast has been identified by the speaker’s family members.

An old and familiar tale among Inuit about a creature named Qallupilluk was retold by an elder and recorded by CBC decades ago. The creature would capture children and pull them into sea, in a tale that’s meant to discourage kids from playing on floating ice.

After several years, the record of who told that story was lost.

But recently, after that recording was featured on the eight-episode CBC North podcast series called Inuit Unikkaangit, which features storytellers from across the Nunavut and Nunavik, the woman telling the story was identified by her family members.

Read More: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/inuit-unikkaangit-unknown-woman-koonoo-ipirq-1.6097616

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