Newfoundland and Labrador Examples
The following are used to illustrate a sample of ICH in Newfoundland and Labrador. There are thousands of existing examples from many other individuals and communities that are not included here, and thousands more to be recorded.
Oral traditions, expressions and performing arts
Stories
- Dale Jarvis telling the story of The Devil and Mr. Kinchler.
Recitations
- John Joe English from Branch performing The Lobster Salad at the Folk Festival in Bannerman Park.
Dialects
- A Northern Peninsula man telling a tall tale.
Singing
- Pius Power, Sr. singing The Big-Bellied Parson.
Playing
- Charlotte-Anne Malischewski playing fiddle tunes she learned from Emile Benoit.
Social practices, rituals, and festive events |
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Weddings Wedding guests in Southeast Bight accompanying the bride and groom to church |
Festivals |
Mummers |
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Preparing caribou skins Drying a caribou skin Credit: NLCDA |
Berry picking Leo Walsh on a bakeapple-picking trip, Calvert Credit: Gerald Pocius |
Making butter Doris Sullivan making butter, Calvert Credit: Gerald Pocius |
Making a grass basket Carmel Rich from Labrador weaving a grass basket |
Making fish Jack Wells, The Battery, making fish |
Making a longer Mi'kmaq Joe Jeddore preparing a longer, Bay d’Espoir. |
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Snow shoe building Innu woman making snowshoes in front of her tent at Utshimassit (Old Davis Inlet), early 1960s. Credit: Ray Webber |
Boat building Fred Greene from the Winterton Boatbuilding Museum at the 2006 ICH Conference |
Mat hooking Queenie Maloney from Bay Bulls and her mat frame Credit: Gerald Pocius |
Building canoes Building an Innu canoe in Sheshatshiu Credit: Peter Armitage |