{"product_id":"the-dance-festivals-of-the-alaskan-eskimo-gb-26544","title":"The Dance Festivals of the Alaskan Eskimo","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Dance Festivals of the Alaskan Eskimo\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\nThis account of the Dance Festivals of the Alaskan Eskimo\r\nwas written from material gathered in the Bering Strait District\r\nduring three years residence: two on the Diomede Islands, and\r\none at St. Michael at the mouth of the Yukon River. This\r\npaper is based on my observations of the ceremonial dances of\r\nthe Eskimo of these two localities.\n[Pg 7]\n, , , , , long vowels.\na, e, i, o, u, short vowels.\n, as in hat.\n, as in law.\nai, as in aisle.\nau, as ow in how.\nh, w, y, semivowels.\nc, as sh in should.\nf, a bilabial surd.\ng, as in get.\ng, a post-palatal sonant.\nk, as in pick.\nl, as in lull.\nm, as in mum.\nn, as in nun.\nng, as ng in sing.\np, as in pipe.\nq, a post-palatal surd.\n, a uvular sonant spirant.\ns, as in sauce.\nt, an alveolar stop.\ntc, as ch in chapter.\nv, a bilabial sonant.\nz, as in zone.\n[Pg 9]\nTHE DANCE IN GENERAL\nThe ceremonial dance of the Alaskan Eskimo is a rhythmic\r\npantomimethe story in gesture and song of the lives of the\r\nvarious Arctic animals on which they subsist and from whom they\r\nbelieve their ancient clans are sprung. The dances vary in\r\ncomplexity from the ordinary social dance, in which all share\r\npromiscuously and in which individual action is subordinated\r\nto rhythm, to the pantomime totem dances performed by\r\nespecially trained actors who hold their positions from year to\r\nyear according to artistic\r\nmerit.[1]\r\nYet even in the totem dances\r\nthe pantomime is subordinate to the rhythm, or rather superimposed\r\nupon it, so that never a gesture or step of the characteristic\r\nnative time is lost.\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 26544 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Hawkes, Ernest William \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Sep 6, 2008 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: English \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Hawkes, Ernest William,1883- \/ eBook \/ English","offer_id":43218804342941,"sku":"gb-26544-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/26544.jpg?v=1671506344","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-dance-festivals-of-the-alaskan-eskimo-gb-26544","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}