Tuutarjuk : The Spirit of String Figures SCHOOLS This songbook includes contemporary and

This songbook includes contemporary and traditional Inuit music from Canada’s Arctic

or be carried off into the night

and experience the thrill of musical and cultural discovery through artistic performance

Written by Carolyn Mallory

Tuutarjuk : The Spirit of String Figures SCHOOLS This songbook includes contemporary andNyla loves to make string figures. Shes getting pretty good at making different shapes and sometimes she even makes them when her mom asks her to help out around camp, or late at night when she is supposed to be sleeping. Nylas grandmother warns her that children who play string games when they are not supposed to are at risk of meeting Tuutarjuk, the creature from Inuit stories that challenges children to string gamesand carries them off if they dont