Nunavut Day Inuit Games

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Nunavut Day Inuit Games

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Just thought I'd post this up,may be interesting to some not to others,The guy on the left is my girlfriends uncle Charlie,Not sure how long it went on as they were already swinging when the camera started taping,I was stuck @ work so I never saw it in person,I saw Charlies arm the next day and it was nasty :shock: purple from his shoulder to just below his elbow,I bet Adams arm was twice as bad.Back when the inuit still lived on the land which was believe it or not only about 40 yrs ago if they were playing games for fun they would play it like this but if 2 men from the same settlment were really pissed they would hit each other on the temple until someone quit or got knocked out:shock:,anyways check it out,oh ya they each won $15.00,first prize for this game was $30.00,as you'll see they call it a draw.
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So let me get this right they take turns punching each other in the arm or somtimes the head until one gives up? :shock: :lol: I can't see youtube on this computer but it sounds like a rather interesting video
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Uzi wrote:So let me get this right they take turns punching each other in the arm or somtimes the head until one gives up? :shock: :lol: I can't see youtube on this computer but it sounds like a rather interesting video
Yup,I wouldn't think that anyone does it on the head anymore though,they do it more as a demonstration now but they are really swingin though,theres a really freaky movie called "Atanarjuat The Fast Runner" its about life on the land,shamans and shit,it was filmed about 5 or 6 hundred miles from here in Igloolik
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