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- Laura E. Swan Contact Laura E. Swan Laura E. Swan's Gallery |
The mysterious stone figures known as inuksuit can be found throughout the circumpolar world. Inukshuk, the singular of inuksuit, means "in the likeness of a human" in the Inuit language. They are monuments made of unworked stones that are used by the Inuit for communication and survival. The traditional meaning of the inukshuk is "Someone was here" or "You are on the right path." The Inuit make inuksuit in different forms for a variety of purposes: as navigation or directional aids, to mark a place of respect or memorial for a beloved person, or to indicate migration routes or places where fish can be found. Other similar stone structures were objects of veneration, signifying places of power or the abode of spirits. Although most inuksuit appear singly, sometimes they are arranged in sequences spanning great distances or are grouped to mark a specific place.
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- Stefania Barbier Contact Stefania Barbier Stefania Barbier's Gallery  |
great pov, history, and capture Lala!
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Tiia Vissak |
very interesting!
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Barbara Waldoch |
Inu what? :-) Cool shot and story, Laura!
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Renee Doyle |
How fascinating Laura!!! Beautifully captured and thanks for sharing this amazing story!
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Kirsten Kiki Kjaer |
VERY interesting reading, SSSLaura. This is news to me. It looks huge, is it? Wonderful find, captured with perfect exposure, so well composed and with fantastic clarity and details.
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Karen Engelbreth |
Cool shot and story, Laura....
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- Laura E. Swan Contact Laura E. Swan Laura E. Swan's Gallery |
It was over 5 feet tall. here is a link to a short clip. http://www.histori.ca/minutes/minute.do?id=10210
Thanks everyone! I am busy looking at your galleries! Back soon! -Laura :)
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Lynne Morris |
Very interesting capture Laura, thanks for sharing the story behind the image.
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Brett Dolsen |
Beautifull capture and storytelling Laura!!On the east coast stones were also used to mark special places.Brett
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Troy Gallagher |
Great capture Laura, and thank you for the history. Troy
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dmd-photo-art.com - Dominick M. Dimacale Contact Dominick M. Dimacale Dominick M. Dimacale's Gallery |
Cool image and find here, Laura.
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- Laura E. Swan Contact Laura E. Swan Laura E. Swan's Gallery |
You are very welcome for the story, Gang, and thank you, Brett, for the addition to it. :) !!! They sell Inukshuk figurines in Banff, in the gift shops. Each image has a little story attached on a card but many of them only tell a fraction of the meaning of the Inukshuk. They say that it marked a safe place to journey past...That someone had already been there and could vouch for it...but it does stand for much more! I have seen all of your wonderful entries for tonight an now I am needing to get to bed. It' 2:45 am here where I live!!! VERY LATE!!! Good night BP'ers.
-Laura
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- Laura E. Swan Contact Laura E. Swan Laura E. Swan's Gallery |
P.S. Thank you all for your kind remarks!
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countryimpressions.net - Tammy M. Anderson Contact Tammy M. Anderson Tammy M. Anderson's Gallery |
Wonderful capture and I loved the history, Laura. We hike alot and will see these from time to time.
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Gord MacEachern |
Nice image Laura, I always liked it when you would come across one of these guys. Thanks for the info!!
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Monnie Ryan |
Really neat, interesting photo, Laura -- and thanks for the background info! Nicely done!
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- Mary Beth Aiello Contact Mary Beth Aiello Mary Beth Aiello's Gallery |
This is very cool, Laura. Thanks for the history.
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ROLAN NARMAN |
Excellent capture and pov sister Lulu! I enjoyed reading the interesting story! And thanks for all the info! Great presentation and great job!
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Rajeev 270293 Kashyap |
Very interesting & Nice Capture Laura! Well done Friends!
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- Maria Warren Contact Maria Warren Maria Warren's Gallery |
wow sis.this is way cool love the light and everything also thank you for the info on this cool photo
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Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna |
Cool shot with great textures and lighting!!! :-) k
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Ujjwal Mukherjee |
Wonderful image and the info. to go with it,Laura!!
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Gina M. Savage |
Amazing color girl! What a fantastic find. I have got to visit there someday.
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Tammy Espino |
Fantastic capture and history!! :0
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- Carol Engstrom Contact Carol Engstrom Carol Engstrom's Gallery |
Interesting shot and history, Laura. I had never heard of this before. Is there anything holding the stones together?
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Anne McKinnell |
Great job Laura! I come across these often where I live in BC, and this one was captured beautifully!
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Kathy Coombs |
They do this in Hawaii too..called menehuni's.
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Chris Ebben |
You sure get the interessting picture opportunities! I've never seen or heard of these either. Good one=^..^=
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Aimee C. Eisaman |
I'm so proud of myself for knowing what this was before I even opened it! My parents visit Canada every 2 years for vacation and told me about these. They even brought home a mini knicknack one! Cool photo! Thanks for sharing! :~)
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Kirsten Kiki Kjaer |
Very practical tools for communication. This is really interesting, SSSLaura. I looked at the video clip. Very interesting indeed. And I really love this image.
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- Laura E. Swan Contact Laura E. Swan Laura E. Swan's Gallery |
Thank you SSSKiki! It was really tall too. Taler than ME! These aren't little stones! Glad you enjoyed this one. If you ever come here to, Alberta, you will see more of them! They aren't obvious but they are all over the place...I should start shooting photos of them when I see them and make a little collection...Like John C. Does with his fun mailboxes!!! :D Night night dear lady. -SSSLala
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Ron McEwan |
Hi Laura; I am so far behind on my commenting. Your gallery keeps filling with wonderful, colorful images all are great. This one is no exception. You are so full of interesting information. This image in most interesting thanks to you. I don't think I can pronounce the word, however.
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Jack R. Perry |
Cool history Laura, thanks.
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- Teresa Burnett Contact Teresa Burnett Teresa Burnett's Gallery |
Great capture, Lala! I see this sometimes when I go up to BC. Never really knew the history, and it was fun to read about them! Now when I see them, it will be in a whole new light!
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- Laura E. Swan Contact Laura E. Swan Laura E. Swan's Gallery |
Hi Ron, Jack and Teresa! Here are a few more examples of what they can look like:
Jack this is how you say it: In - like the word "in" In-uk-shuk. Your lesson for today! Thanks guys! -Laura
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- Patrick Rouzes Contact Patrick Rouzes Patrick Rouzes's Gallery |
Hi Laura, I was already familiar with the Inukshuk b/c of our close proximity to Labrador where are are quite common. I hear they will be a familiar site at the next Olympics in B.C. A magnificent captrue & memorable lesson to those who are hearing for the first time!!! Super lesson on the pronunciation too!!! Still waiting for Bill- should be here in few hours- hoping for the best.
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debarnesphotography.com - Denny E. Barnes Contact Denny E. Barnes Denny E. Barnes's Gallery |
Hi Laura. Love your gallery, new or different almost every day..LOL..I keep thinking, boy am I behind and look at all the images I have missed..LOL.. This is really a neat image and the story behind it makes it that much more interesting. New to me, having not seen one in my travels in Canada. By the way, were you standing on a ladder when you took this photo..hehehe..enough of this, giving you a bad time... Excellent image here, Laura as all the photos in your gallery! All great and very beautiful!!
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John Connolly |
A wonderful image and excellent information Laura! Well done in every respect!
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- Laura E. Swan Contact Laura E. Swan Laura E. Swan's Gallery |
Hi Patrick, Denny and John! Patrick please post and tell us tomorrow you are okay. We will worry otherwise. Glad you guys liked your lesson for today. (Even if it was old news for some!) * Thanks Denny...so you had a look at the old gallery did you? I will have to pay you a visit tomorrow. It's 2:30 am almost now here and I am beat. BUT I WILL COME VISIT! Thank you! * Appreciate the visit gentlemen. So good to see you all! -Laura
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Karen Kessler |
This is such an interesting piece of history! I'm glad you found this one & shared it with us! Great lighting, pov & coloring, too!
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- Teresa Burnett Contact Teresa Burnett Teresa Burnett's Gallery |
YAYYY! Congrats on the EFP Lala! I love the other pictures of the Inukshuk!
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- Laura E. Swan Contact Laura E. Swan Laura E. Swan's Gallery |
I forgot to say something else to Patrick...Yes. You are correct! The Inukshuk will indeed be one of the symbols used in the upcoming Olympics in British Columbia! NEAT HEY???!!! * * * Hi Miss Karen! I am glad too and I am glad YOU are glad. Aren't you glad? Sch GLADNESS! HA! Hugs! * * * Why THANK you Teresa!!! I was hapy to add the other shots for you guys to enjoy! Glad you did...(There's that GLAD word again!!!) Thanks to each who PASSES BY HERE. A fitting thing to say for this image! -Laura
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- Nancyj E. Hovey Contact Nancyj E. Hovey Nancyj E. Hovey's Gallery |
C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S on your EFP...8o)
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- Laura E. Swan Contact Laura E. Swan Laura E. Swan's Gallery |
I failed to thank many of you above! So sorry! Carol E. if you are still attached...There is nothing holding these together. That is part of the "art" of each statue. It's about balance and stability. Thanks for the congrats Mumj!!! -Laura
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- Reynaldo D. Reyes Contact Reynaldo D. Reyes Reynaldo D. Reyes's Gallery |
He! He! I did not know really anything about these Inukshuk until I saw Wm's gallery and you exclaimed Inukshuk. These are really cool. Who would have thought that these are not just balancing acts by people who have a lot of time on their hands. Great post Laura, next time I travel to Canada, I'll try to be more aware of them. Regards. Thanks for the post on my gallery.
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