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Just as well – Mondays are a happy blur of skut work, best done free of distraction.

27 – April – 2009 – The Bleat. 2009

Just as well – Mondays are a happy blur of skut work, best done free of distraction.

Tuesday, April 28 – The Bleat. 2009

Just as well – Mondays are a happy blur of skut work, best done free of distraction.

April – 2009 – The Bleat. 2009

The makers of the feast (n [ 'ä] skut) are the nearest relatives of those who have died during the past year, together with those villagers who have not yet given the greater festival.

The Dance Festivals of the Alaskan Eskimo Ernest William Hawkes

After a grand distribution of presents by the n [ 'ä] skut, bags of fine clothing are lowered to the feast givers and the namesakes take the center of the floor, in front of their relatives, the feast givers.

The Dance Festivals of the Alaskan Eskimo Ernest William Hawkes

Sometimes the presents are attached to a long line of óklinok (seal thong) which the n [ 'ä] skut haul down through the smokehole, making the line appear as long as possible.

The Dance Festivals of the Alaskan Eskimo Ernest William Hawkes

At the conclusion of the day's feast many presents are given away by the n [ 'ä] skut, the husbands of the female feast givers distributing them for the ladies, who assume a bashful air.

The Dance Festivals of the Alaskan Eskimo Ernest William Hawkes

During the distribution the n [ 'ä] skut maintain their deprecatory attitude and pass disparaging remarks on their gifts.

The Dance Festivals of the Alaskan Eskimo Ernest William Hawkes

The feast givers or n [ 'ä] skut assemble in the kásgi the second day, and the ceremony proper begins.

The Dance Festivals of the Alaskan Eskimo Ernest William Hawkes

They say that if they adopt a boastful air and fail to give as many presents as the other n [ 'ä] skut they will be ashamed.

The Dance Festivals of the Alaskan Eskimo Ernest William Hawkes