Qilaut
Inuit frame drum
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The qilaut (Inuit language: "that by means of which the spirits are called up",[1] syllabic: ᕿᓚᐅᑦ[2]), (Inuinnaqtun: qilaun or qilauti[3] 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[4]) and the act of beating the drum is called katuktuq.[4] Most dances, qilaujjaqtuq,[5] also involve singing, known as ingiuqtuq[6] or pihiq,[7] and the dancer is called qilaujjaqtuq.[8]
Nunavut, Canada holds a songwriting contest, known as Qilaut, every year to cherish Inuktut music.[9]
