This is a traditional Inuit lullaby (or more precisely a berceuse). It was recorded by Jean Malaurie who is a French cultural anthropologist, geographer, physicist, and writer.
Probably, this chant was recorded during his geographical and ethnographical mission to the North of Greenland in 1950 to 1951. The exact place of the recording is not absolutely clear to me, but it must be either Siorapaluk, Pituffik (today the location of the Thule Air Base) or Qaanaaq (formerly Thule or New Thule) in the Northwest of Greenland. From the information I have, I believe the singer to be an Inuit women called Bertsie.
This recording and other examples of Inuit music were released by the Ocora record label on the album "Chants et tambours inuit, de Thulé au Détroit de Béring" (Track 7: Berceuse de Bertsie, Siorapaluk/Thule) in June 1988.
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4 окт 2024
