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Akutaq or agutak is a common food in western Alaska, consisting of whipped fat mixed with berries, with optional additions such as fish and sugar. The Yupik word means “something mixed.” (source)
Lyrics
(Yupik folk song, Alaska Native)
Yu rah ah rayk kum kun ong ah eh vay kum kun
Yu rah ah rayk kum kyn ong ah eh vay kum kun
I-eye yuk who aye yah hah I yuk who aye yah hah
Yahk hah hye eye yah
Translation unknown
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- Culture: Alaska native
- Subject: food
- Harmony:Â chords I, IV, V
- Meter: 4
- Scale: pentatonic
- Tones: m,s,l,drm
- Source: Share the Music, Grade 6,Macmillan / McGraw-Hill School Publishing Company, 1995
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody
