IN PHOTOS: Fiddles, fashion, laughs and dance at the Arctic Development Expo
Circumpolar culture was on full display at the Arctic Development Expo. The annual gathering in Inuvik ran from June 12 to 14 this year, bringing delegates from across the North and beyond. Each evening attendees were treated to cultural showcases from Inuvik and across the circumpolar North. Also, comedy.
Circumpolar culture was on full display at the Arctic Development Expo. The annual gathering in Inuvik ran from June 12 to 14 this year, bringing delegates from across the North and beyond. Each evening attendees were treated to cultural showcases from Inuvik and across the circumpolar North. Also, comedy.
Polina Syadeyskaya and Myriam Labrecque attempt to figure out the game of “dice-charades” — which may very well have been invented last week. Eric Bowling/黑料吃瓜网 photo
Tetlit Gwich’in Dancers hit the dance floor at the Arctic Development Expo in Inuvik to entertain the crowd on June 13. Eric Bowling/黑料吃瓜网 photo
Virtuosos Eric Blake on bass, Michael Francis on Violin and Nolan Kasook on guitar, keep the party going on June 13. Eric Bowling/黑料吃瓜网 photo
Cynthia Tetlichi and Connor Charlie pass under their partner’s arms. Eric Bowling/黑料吃瓜网 photo
J’lyn Vaneltsi smiles while Donavyn Koe focuses on his footwork. Eric Bowling/黑料吃瓜网 photo
Payton McLeod and Darius Keevik dance in sidestep. Eric Bowling/黑料吃瓜网 photo
Charlayna Charlie and Bryson Nerysoo smile as they dance for the crowd. Eric Bowling/黑料吃瓜网 photo
Donavyn Koe escorts J’lyn Vaneltsi and Charlayna Charlie onto the dance floor. Eric Bowling/黑料吃瓜网 photo
Dancers do-si-do around the dance floor. Eric Bowling/黑料吃瓜网 photo
Seanna McCarthy shows off a fur lined cover. Eric Bowling/黑料吃瓜网 photo
Alana Bodin-Joe shows off an cover made with locally sourced fabric. Eric Bowling/黑料吃瓜网 photo
Savanah Elias Beaulieu displays a parkie and brightly coloured mukluks. Eric Bowling/黑料吃瓜网 photo
Symantha Adams smiles as she shows off a traditional cover. Eric Bowling/黑料吃瓜网 photo
Monica Dalton Loreen is on fire in this sunburst parka. Eric Bowling/黑料吃瓜网 photo
Kyra McDonald wears a traditional cover with a hood. Eric Bowling/黑料吃瓜网 photo
Seanna McCarthy dazzles with this red and black combination. Eric Bowling/黑料吃瓜网 photo
Dustin Smith wears a white cover. Eric Bowling/黑料吃瓜网 photo
Symantha Adams and Dominique Firth Gruben match patterns. Eric Bowling/黑料吃瓜网 photo
Rena Rogers smiles as she shows off her Delta-braid inspired dress. Eric Bowling/黑料吃瓜网 photo
Monica Dalton Loreen shows off her traditional mukluks while wearing a fringed dress. Eric Bowling/黑料吃瓜网 photo
Kyra McDonald shows off a red dress. Eric Bowling/黑料吃瓜网 photo
Beverly Kingmiaqtaq is stoic in her leather dress and mukluks. Eric Bowling/黑料吃瓜网 photo
Symantha Adams shows off a skirt with raven insignia. Eric Bowling/黑料吃瓜网 photo
Kyra McDonald holds a pose while showing off her dress and fur collar. Eric Bowling/黑料吃瓜网 photo
Dominique Firth Gruben showcases specially made earrings. Eric Bowling/黑料吃瓜网 photo
Samantha McDonald showcases a beaded necklace. Eric Bowling/黑料吃瓜网 photo
Beverly Kingmiaqtuq showcases a traditionally inspired haltertop and fur earrings. Eric Bowling/黑料吃瓜网 photo
Kaiden McDonald breaks hearts with this Delta twist on 50s fashion. Eric Bowling/黑料吃瓜网 photo
Samantha McDonald passes by as the fringes on her dress flow in the breeze. Eric Bowling/黑料吃瓜网 photo
Samantha Elias Beaulieu showcases a hat made from a goose. Eric Bowling/黑料吃瓜网 photo
Symantha Adams struts some brightly coloured mukluks. Eric Bowling/黑料吃瓜网 photo
Tatiana Degai performs a traditional dance from her homeland of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatski, which sits just across the Bering Strait in Northeastern Russia. Eric Bowling/黑料吃瓜网 photo
Tatiana Degai, who originally hails from the region of Petropavlovsk- Kamchatski in Russia, shares a cultural dance during the evening of June 14. Eric Bowling/黑料吃瓜网 photo
Stanislav Ksenofontov demonstrates how to play a mouth harp, a traditional musical instrument of the Sakha Sire, a region of Siberia North of Mongolia, during the Arctic Development Expo in Inuvik, N.W.T on June 14. Eric Bowling/黑料吃瓜网 photo
Comedian Kelly Taylor in his first trip North opens the main bill of entertainment on June 14. Eric Bowling/黑料吃瓜网 photo
Comedian Dave Hemstad makes his return to Inuvik to tell tales of former mayor Peter Clarkson killing a moose with his stare. Eric Bowling/黑料吃瓜网 photo
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