Qilaut
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The qilaut (Inuit language: "that by means of which the spirits are called up", syllabic: ᕿᓚᐅᑦ), (Inuinnaqtun: qilaun or qilauti or Greenlandic: qilaat ) is a type of frame drum native to the Inuit cultures of the Arctic.
The drum, used in Inuit music, is distinctive in that it has a handle and is made of caribou skin, which is not particularly resonant, giving it a dull, rumbling sound.
The frame of the drum with a stick, the qatuk (katuun / katuut / katuuti) and the act of beating the drum is called katuktuq. Most dances, qilaujjaqtuq, also involve singing, known as ingiuqtuq or pihiq, and the dancer is called qilaujjaqtuq.
Nunavut, Canada holds a songwriting contest, known as Qilaut, every year to cherish Inuktut music.
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Ohokak, Gwen; Kadlun, Margo; Harnum, Betty (1996). .