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"In Igloolik another practice relating to the
return of the Sun, also involving children, was the
'half-smile' to be made by those who first saw the Sun
rising above the horizon ... : The children used to go outdoors and keep watch for the Sun and if they saw it, were to come back in with only half a smile. I remember a time when only one child saw the Sun ... she came back trying to give half a smile, that is smiling with only one side of her mouth. But she couldn't do this and every time she tried to she gave a full smile! ... Yes, they had to use their left side to smile." (Arctic Sky) |