Slideshow: Iqaluit arts festival runs until July 9
Under blue skies, hundreds of people in Iqaluit flocked to the purple and yellow tent in Nakasuk Elementary School’s parking lot for the beginning of the 20th anniversary edition of the Alianait Arts Festival.
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Preparations are underway in the Canadian North tent in front of Nakasuk Elementary School for the 2024 Alianait Arts Festival. The festival, which officially runs from July 6 to 9, got an early start Friday with an exhibit from Nuuk, Greenland at the Nunatta Sunakkutaangit Museum and a comedy show at the Aqsarniit hotel. The Alianait festival includes a variety of events such as workshops, concerts, arts exhibits and pop-up shows. The events will be held in different places in Iqaluit including the tent, Franco-Centre, Elders Qammaq, Iqaluit airport, the Visitors Centre, Nunatta Sunakkutaangit Museum, RBC building, Black Heart Café, Northmart and Arctic Ventures. The full schedule is available at Alianait.ca. (Photo by Arty Sarkisian)
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Iqlauit firefighters take the maple leaf flag off a fire truck after the chili handout they organized for Canada Day on Monday in front of the Nakasuk Elementary School. The chili handout was one of the many events marking Canada’s 157th birthday. The City of Iqaluit organized a parade, a bike-decorating contest and free face- painting. Nunavut Premier P.J. Akeeagok, Nunvut MP Lori Idlout and Iqlauit mayor Solomon Awa spoke a the official ceremony in a tent in front of the school. (Photo by Arty Sarkisian)
ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌ ᐱᒋᐊᕈᑎᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᐅᔭᕐᒥ ᐊᔪᕈᓐᓃᕐᓂᐊᕐᓗᑎ…ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᒐᒃᓴᐃᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ ᑰᖓᓂ ᓯᐊᕕᐊ ᒍᕆᓄᓪ ᒥᕐᖑᐃᕐᓯᕕᒃᒥ
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ᐱᖓᓱᓂ-ᑎᓴᒪᐅᔪᓂ ᑭᐅᔨᐅᔪᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᔨᓄᑦ ᔫᓂᐊᓐ−ᖓᓂ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑕᐅᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑭᓪᓕᓯᓂᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᓯᒪᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᖅᓯᓇᖅᑐᓂ ᐱᑲᒻᒪᕐᔪᐊᔭᑦᑐᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᐊᕐᕌᒎᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ
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