Definition & Meaning | English word KATAJJAQ
KATAJJAQ
Definitions of KATAJJAQ
- An Inuit form of throat singing, traditionally performed by two women competing to see who can outlast the other.
Number of letters
8
Is palindrome
No
Examples of Using KATAJJAQ in a Sentence
- Inuit throat singing, or katajjaq (Inuktitut syllabics: ᑲᑕᔾᔭᖅ), is a distinct type of throat singing uniquely found among the Inuit.
- In October 2019, several performers of katajjaq, including Canadian Inuk throat singer Tanya Tagaq, accused Caroline Shaw and Roomful of Teeth of having engaged in cultural appropriation and exoticism for the perceived uncredited quotation of a katajjaq song in the third movement of Partita.
- In October 2019, several performers of katajjaq, including Canadian Inuk throat singer Tanya Tagaq, accused Caroline Shaw and Roomful of Teeth of having engaged in cultural appropriation and exoticism for the perceived uncredited quotation of a katajjaq song in the third movement of Partita.
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