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Throat singing in the Arctic (19 Clips)

Tanya Gillis and Celina Kalluk laugh their way through this discussion of throat singing and contemporary Arctic life.

  1. Please, introduce yourselves (0:12)
  2. Where do you come from? (0:47)
  3. Tell us about Inuit culture (1:25)
  4. Where did you first hear throat singing? (1:40)
  5. Can you describe throat singing for us? (1:46)
  6. What does it feel like when you are doing throat singing? (1:11)
  7. Is throat singing traditionally performed to an audience? (1:53)
  8. Why did you take it up? (1:38)
  9. How did you come to bring throat singing to a wider audience? (1:00)
  10. Do you collaborate with many other artists? (1:01)
  11. How did you come to work with Björk? (1:01)
  12. Is there a ‘traditional’ way of performing throat songs? (3:05)
  13. Can you learn throat singing from listening to recordings of it? (0:55)
  14. Is it easy to learn how to throat sing? (0:51)
  15. Do you know many other people who perform throat singing? (0:38)
  16. Do you need special training? (1:53)
  17. Do you actually touch mouths when you are throat singing? (0:42)
  18. Will you demonstrate throat singing for us? (2:56)
  19. Can you describe your life in the Arctic? (3:48)