Photo: Northern Scene kicks off

Nunavik throatsingers Evie Mark, right, and Alacie Sivuarapik perform April 25 during the National Arts Centre’s welcome ceremony which launched the 10-day Northern Scene Festival. Its ten days of cultural events celebrating the North in Ottawa and the largest gathering of artists from Yukon, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, Nunavik and Nunatsiavut ever presented outside the region. Read more about Northern Scene’s 250 artists and 50 events involving music, theatre, dance, visual and media arts, film, literature and storytelling, food and fashion on Nunatsiaqonline.ca. (PHOTO BY LISA GREGOIRE)