Qarmaq

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26 September 2015

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The film shows the construction of the basis of a Qarmaq, a semi-subterranean winter home with walls made of peat sods, which were cut after the first frost. The top of the block is well frozen, whereas the bottom is still wet, so the block will stick to the floor or the block it is put on.

QARMALIURNIQ (1974)

Building an Inuit semi-subterranean house from peat moss.

16 mm colour movie, silent

Excerpt presented : 2 minutes 30

Director : B. Saladin d’Anglure.

Camera and sound : M. Maillard and Terry Pierce. [a long version in Inuktitut exists, 60 minutes with synchronous sound)

Shot in Igloolik, NU in 1974, with the collaboration of Inummariit Association.

Offline editing by Terry Pierce and the Association Inuksiutiit de l’Université Laval in Québec City (1974-75).

Editing: B. Saladin d’Anglure.

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