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Quviasukvik (Inuktitut: ᖁᕕᐊᓲᑎᖃᕐᕕᒃ), is the first day of the year according to the Inuit. The festival of the New Year is celebrated by the Inuit, Yupik, Aleut, Chukchi and the Iñupiat. The feast originally derives from traditional Inuit religion but in modern times, it has Christian influences.

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  • Quviasukvik (Inuktitut: ᖁᕕᐊᓲᑎᖃᕐᕕᒃ), is the first day of the year according to the Inuit. The festival of the New Year is celebrated by the Inuit, Yupik, Aleut, Chukchi and the Iñupiat. The feast originally derives from traditional Inuit religion but in modern times, it has Christian influences. (en)
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  • Start of the year and the roaming of the spirits for good luck
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  • 0001-12-24 (xsd:gMonthDay)
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  • Watching the first sunrise of the Inuit new year , parades , mass attendance, concerts, carnivals, fairs, Inuit traditional activities, family gathering, family meal, visiting friends and relatives, gift giving, gift shopping, goodwill greetings, late night partying, reflection, watching fireworks , qulliq ceremonies during the first sunrise of the Christian new year , ringing of the first school bell after winter break , flag raising ceremonies (en)
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  • 0001-12-24 (xsd:gMonthDay)
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  • Annual (en)
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  • Quviasukvik (en)
  • ᖁᕕᐊᓲᑎᖃᕐᕕᒃ (en)
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  • Religious (en)
  • Cultural (en)
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  • Quviasugvik, Inuit New Year, Happy Day, Time of Joy (en)
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  • Start of the year and the roaming of the spirits for good luck (en)
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  • Arctic festival (en)
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  • Quviasukvik (Inuktitut: ᖁᕕᐊᓲᑎᖃᕐᕕᒃ), is the first day of the year according to the Inuit. The festival of the New Year is celebrated by the Inuit, Yupik, Aleut, Chukchi and the Iñupiat. The feast originally derives from traditional Inuit religion but in modern times, it has Christian influences. (en)
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  • Quviasukvik (en)
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  • Quviasukvik (en)
  • ᖁᕕᐊᓲᑎᖃᕐᕕᒃ (en)
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  • Quviasugvik, Inuit New Year, Happy Day, Time of Joy (en)
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