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What (who) is muktuk - definition

DISH MADE FROM WHALE SKIN AND BLUBBER
Maktaaq; Maktak; Maktaq; Mattak; Mungtuk; Mangtak; Maktuk
  • Elders sharing muktuk, outside their summer tents, 2002
  • A group of people eating muktuk indoors, 1997
  • Sliced and prepared muktuk

muktuk         
['m?kt?k]
¦ noun the skin and blubber of a whale, used as food by the Inuit.
Origin
from Inuit maktak.
Muktuk         
Muktuk (transliterated in various ways, see below) is a traditional food of the peoples of the Arctic, consisting of whale skin and blubber. It is most often made from the bowhead whale, although the beluga and the narwhal are also used.

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Muktuk

Muktuk (transliterated in various ways, see below) is a traditional food of the peoples of the Arctic, consisting of whale skin and blubber. It is most often made from the bowhead whale, although the beluga and the narwhal are also used. It is usually consumed raw, but can also be eaten frozen, cooked, or pickled.

Examples of use of muktuk
1. When hunters bring in whale or narwhal, villagers share, and the animal ends up boiled, pickled, chopped like salad and served raw –– muktuk.