Bladder Festival
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Social Science
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians, Celebrations, Festivals
- Curriculum: American Indian History
- Geographical Location: Canada, United States
Article abstract: As the major religious event of the traditional Yupik, the Bladder Festival not only expressed the cosmology of the Yupik but also reiterated the social and economic relationships between people and between humans and animals
The Bladder Festival, which occurred at the winter solstice, was perhaps the most elaborate and most important of the traditional Yupik religious festivals. Called Nakaciuq, meaning “something done with bladders” in the Yupik language, the annual festival consisted of gift giving, feasting, and ritual...
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