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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
(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
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- Culture: Alaska native
- Subject: food
- Harmony: 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
