The very first Annual Illuvigak Building workshop was postponed, but now has a new date set to this Sunday March 24th.
This Illuvigak Building will be held in Nain, Hopedale, Makkovik, Postville and Rigolet.
We spoke with Brenda Jararuse, who is the Director of Cultural and Tourism with the Nunatsiavut Government.
Jararuse says so far, they have 2 people from Nain, 2 people from Makkovik, and 1 person from Postville, and they are still looking for participants.
She is looking for five people, per age group for youth ages 16 years to 19 years and five adults who are 20 years and older.
The workshop will be held on March 23rd and the competition is on the 24th.
The workshop for youth will be held at 8am and the workshop for the adult’s will start at 2pm, but the location is yet to be determined.
She adds that if anyone is interested in the workshop you are asked to bring your own snow knife.
This would a good chance to learn how to build an Illuvigak and to keep our tradition alive.
If you are interested and want to find out more information about this workshop, contact Brenda Jararuse at (709) 922-2942 ext: 239 or by email at: brenda.jararuse@nunatsiavut.com