Yup'ik Dance and Culture; Mask Carving

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There it is. It's a clever string. Yes. Go ahead. Can you tell me why these people are making masks or whatever they're making? Well they're in a wood carving class and they're learning how to carve traditional dance masks and we're having a dance festival and we'll be dancing with masks and we're hoping that some of these traditional ways of carving will be passed on to younger carvers. So we've tried to select people or recruit people that were interested in carving and interested in some of the traditional carving techniques. How many people have you gotten together?

We have 16 students and we have four master carvers and they have shared everything with the class and the students and getting four of them together at one time has made a lot of difference. People wanted to come in and you can learn something from each person and there's a lot of sharing that goes on when you're in a group situation which is very good for the younger carvers or people that haven't carved before. Now will these be on display at some time? But we're having a potluck and exhibit for the class students tomorrow night, Thursday at the high school lobby. And the masks will be on display during the dance festival and then a couple of the masks one will go to KCC's collection and one will go to the high school and hopefully they'll keep using them next year. And we'll take their own home.

They'll get to keep their masks. Thank you. Sure. Can you tell me your name and what you do here in Beffa? I'm Bill Bawans. I work at the hospital. What are you making here? It's a cutting board. A cutting board? Fish cutting board. Will you be using this while you're done with it? I'll put it in my kitchen. How could you think of this class? It's great. It's really nice. They should do more of this. Thank you. Can you give him a right for me? You're going to be right there and go straight. No. I'm really in height. Can you tell me your name and what you do here in Beffa? I'm a really candor. And I work in the museum.

What are you making? A bowl. Will you be using it when you're done? Yeah, for my bread bowl. Who do you think of this class? Good. It's a lot of fun. Is it hard or easy? Hard working with this hard working here. It's good. I like it. Thank you. I work at Beffa at Beffa at Beffa at Beffa. Can you tell me your name and what you do here in Beffa? I'm Kathleen Coleman. I work at the post office. Can you tell me what you're making or what you're doing? Well, I'm working on a mask that I started over a year ago. And I wanted to come and work again. I did this one, too. This is a one. Oh, I don't know. It just came out. The word is so hard to work with it. I always think of this one as ugly manu,

because he comes up too hard. This one, this is, I kind of think of this as mother nature with the sun and the moon and the wind and maybe the earth in her hair. I like hair. Oh, I like it. Because it gives me a chance to work with other people who are doing masks and who work with wood. That's the best part, working with the wood. I think there will be a chance to work with the wood too. !!

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Can you, can you tell me you're leaving what you do here in there? Okay, I'm George, I'm rock, I work for the college. And what is this match you're making? Oh wow, walrus? Yeah. What are you going to do with it once it's done? Um, hang it up for looks, I guess. What do you think of this class so far? I think she had to have more of this neat class. This is the first time I came to a carbon class and I enjoy it. Nice, I hope they do more, more of this. And when it first started, there was a lot more people here. A lot of them are finished, I'd say about a third of them. But when we first went here, almost all these tables are full. And it's a very good, good class. Thank you. I want to thank any component. One came to this class in Australia,

and one got different classes to do. the first class. And I remember talking to the committee. And I've seen my first costumeès for some years. And it's very obvious that I played in France for another year. It has a great capacity for me to keep. Angela, who I'm learning, I'm trying to learn from this class. I can't just be jaded. Yeah, hard doctor. Yeah, at first, but I see it, I see it. Thank you. Let's see. Can you tell me your name in what grade you're in? David, Mary, and I'm in fifth grade. What is this mass you're making you?

Or even, what do you can do with it, Princeton? Maybe enter it in the skills fair. What do you think of this class? I think it's nice. You want to do this again? Yes. Thank you. Okay. Do it a little more. I can't do it a little more. I can't do it a little more. I can't do it. I can't do it. I would like to discover that we needed a lot of time.

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Like you're just trying to hold your shoulder. You're round, so I'll be close to that. Oh, it's back now. How are you? How are you? How are you? How are you? How are you? Good. Good, good. That's what we need. Keep it up. Tired! Do you need to get that? Do you want to help? You want to go back and face the way? I've got you two help. Let's go, Jeannie. Good, Jeannie. What? Good. Good. I've got you. I've got you. I've got you. I've got you. I've got you. I've got you. I've got you. I've got you. I've got you. I've got you. All right. Three. That's so gross. Whoa. What about your face? This is close up, Dale. Yeah, live. Can I say a little bit about it?

I can't hear it. Hey, are you up? Yeah. They have one or two runs. They have two or three runs. They just have two. Hey, that's what I thought. They only have two. The last one doesn't score. There we go. I know. I've never said anything. Yeah.