Manitoba Live Music Event

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sākihiwē + Wahkohtowin Families performance
PIQSIQ, Inuit Throat Singing
Presented by the Wahkohtowin Strengthening Families Program
Hosted by Ila Barker
July 8, 2020
11:00 AM CDT
Free
Broadcasts from Zoom to Facebook and YouTube
Set YouTube reminder: https://youtu.be/2-WLNDBqLDg

Wahokotowin Strengthening Families Program info: https://www.kanikanichihk.ca/wahkohtowin

Donate to the Wahkotowin Strengthening Families Program (be sure to type "WAHK" in the message section): https://smarturl.it/Wahkohtowin

Aboriginal Music Manitoba (AMM) would like to acknowledge the Government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage, the Canada Council for the Arts, the Manitoba Arts Council, and the Winnipeg Arts Council for their financial support of the sākihiwē festival's outreach programming.

ABOUT PIQSIQ: 
With a style perpetually galvanized by darkness and haunting northern beauty, sisters, Tiffany Kuliktana Ayalik and Kayley Inuksuk Mackay, come together to create Inuit style throat singing duo, PIQSIQ.  Performing ancient traditional songs and eerie new compositions, they leave their listeners enthralled with the infinity of possible answers to the question “what is the meaning of life.” 
 
With roots in Nunavut, the two grew up in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.  After years of forging hard won skill, they developed their own form blended with haunting melodies and otherworldly sounds.  Approaching adulthood, they realized throat singing was not only a musical expression, but a radical, political act of cultural revitalization.  

In Inuktut, a “piqsiq” is a storm where the winds blow in a specific way, making it look like the snow is falling back up towards the sky.  Being of blended backgrounds, Kayley and Tiffany have had to navigate strange cultural waters and have learned to embrace that journey. 

As PIQSIQ, they perform improvisational looping live, creating a dynamic audience experience that changes with every show.  PIQSIQ incorporates that haunting, ethereal feel into their debut album Altering the Timeline and since it’s release have gone on to perform both nationally and internationally.