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Sapangaaqqat qangarsuaaniilli kusassaataapput aarnatullu atorneqartarsimallutik. Siulitta ammassaap qiteraliata saarngi sapanngatut kusassaatigisarsimavaat, taamatuttaaq nassuit saarngillu ammalorsarlugit sapanngatut atortarsimallugit, annoraamilu iluanut mersuullugit ajortumut illersuutitut aarnuarisarsimallugit. Kingorna, arfanniat Europameersut tikittalermata, sapangaaqqat igalaaminermik marrarmillu sanaat takussaalerput. Takorloorsinnaavara aarnussat taama ittut naleqartinneqarsimassaqisut kingornalu kristumiussutsimik upperisaqalernerup kingunerisaani kusassaatitut, allaat pisuujussutsimut takussutissatut atugaalerlutik.

Kinguaariit uagut peroriartorpugut aanakkutsinni sapangaaqqanik allalersukkanik ulikkaartoq. Aanakkutta ikinngutaasalu kusagingaarlugit allalersugaat - qallunaat suliartortut kalaalerpalugalugit angerlaattagaat. Sapangaaqqat naggueqatigiinnut inunnut pigitinneqartut. Nunasiaateqarnermi pilerisaarutit ilaat.

The bead work has been valued by the Inuit for thousands of years. Our ancestors used small fish bones for decoration on their parcas or made round shapes by antlers or animal bones or tusks and sewed them inside their parcas as amulets - protection from the malice or sickness. Coloured beads from glass or clay were later introduced by European whale hunters. Such beads must have had strong amulet effects. As Inuit were christianed, the practise of the amulet was banned and the beads became decorational accessories and became a symbol of wealth. 

My generation grew up, when our grandparent's homes were fully decorated with bead works in different shapes and colours. Bead works made by our grandmothers and highly valued - bought by Danish workers as exotic and Greenlandic items. Seen as Inuit artifacts. One of the most succesful imports by the colonialists.