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Sapangaaqqat qangarsuaaniilli kusassaataapput naleqartitaallutillu. Siulitta ammassaap qiteraliata saarngi sapanngatut kusassaatigisarsimavaat, taamatuttaaq nassuit saarngillu ammalorsarlugit sapanngatut atortarsimallugit. Kingorna, arfanniat Europameersut tikittalermata, sapangaaqqat igalaaminermik marrarmillu sanaat takussaalerput, 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 – like beads. Coloured beads from glass or clay were later introduced by European whale hunters and those became a symbol of wealth. 

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