Culture and Symbols
This means passing down knowledge, beliefs, and customs from one generation to another.
Tradition
True or False: Ukrainian-Canadians can speak only Ukrainian
False. They also speak English.
This type of food is eaten during Candlemas
pancakes/crepes
This Ukrainian easter celebration is when easter eggs are painted. What are these eggs called?
Pysankys
This is what the Inuit wear in very cold weather. It is mostly made out of animal skin and fur.
parka
These people are the indigenous people of Canada's Far North. They were the first people to live in Nunavut thousands of years ago.
Inuit
Acadians speak this language at home and in schools
French
This type of Ukrainian soup is made out of beets and gives the soup a very reddish purple colour
borscht
This is an Acadian celebration where people light candles and eat crepes/pancakes.
Candlemas
A traditional Inuit game where girls or children use sounds in a song. The first one to mess up or laugh wins the game.
throat singing
They are French-speaking people whose families came from France long ago.
Acadians
This is the biggest difference betweent the French flag and the Acadian flag
the Acadian flag has a yellow star
Arctic char is a kind of fish mainly eaten by people from this community
Iqaluit
This Ukrainian celebration is when they would open gifts at night and serve paska.
Ukrainian Christmas
This is an example of Ukrainian traditional dance
hopak
They first came to Canada more than 100 years ago from the European country of Ukraine.
Ukrainians
This is the native language of the Inuit
Inuktitut
This type of food comes from the ocean, which lot of people from Meteghan eat.
seafood (lobster, fish, etc.)
This Inuit celebration has lots of dog sledding contests, games, a parade down main street and some seal skinning contests.
Toonik Tyme
True or False: Ukrainian singers and dancers wear colorful traditional clothes
true
This what the Inuit build from rocks in order to tell others where to hunt or fish
inuksuk
True or False: In the Ukrainian Flag, the blue colour means the sky and the yellow means fields.
True
The Inuit eat this food also known as called muktaaq, which is fat from whales and seals.
blubber
This Acadian celebration has a parade in the town of Clare. They serve lots of acadian food and they have a market and lumberjack competitions.
Acadian Festival
True or False: The step dancers come from Inuit culture
False. They come from Acadian culture