Quviasukvik

{{Short description|Inuit New Year}}

{{Infobox holiday|

|holiday_name = Quviasukvik
ᖁᕕᐊᓲᑎᖃᕐᕕᒃ

|image = Sunrise at 7 45 (268357038).jpg

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|caption = Some Inuit, Yupik, Aleut, Chukchi and Iñupiat believed that the sunrise on December 24{{ref|a|a}} marked the beginning of the new year

|nickname = Quviasugvik, Inuit New Year, Happy Day,[http://www.isuma.tv/hai/isuma-productions/quviasukvik-happy-day Nunavut (Our Land) Episode 13: Quviasukvik (Happy Day)] Time of Joy{{Cite journal|url=https://journals.openedition.org/jsa/2772?lang=en|doi = 10.4000/jsa.2772|title = Quviasukvik. The celebration of an Inuit winter feast in the central Arctic|year = 2002|last1 = Laugrand|first1 = Frédéric|last2 = Oosten|first2 = Jarich|journal = Journal de la Société des Américanistes|volume = 88|issue = 88|pages = 203–225|doi-access = free}}

|observedby = Inuit, Yupik, Aleut, Chukchi, Iñupiat, NunatuKavut

|date = December 24 to January 7

|frequency = Annual

|duration = 9 days

|celebrations = Watching the first sunrise of the Inuit new year (December 24 only{{ref|a|a}}), parades (December 25 only), mass attendance, concerts, carnivals, fairs, Inuit traditional activities, family gathering, family meal, visiting friends and relatives, gift giving, gift shopping, goodwill greetings, late night partying, reflection, watching fireworks (December 31 only), qulliq ceremonies during the first sunrise of the Christian new year (January 1 only), Nalujuk Night (January 6), ringing of the first school bell after winter break (January 3 in Greenland; January 4, 5 or 6 only in Canada and Alaska; January 7 in Russia), flag raising ceremonies (January 7 only)

|type = Arctic festival

|longtype = Cultural (Inuit)
Religious (Inuit religion, Shamanist and Christian)

|significance = Start of the year and the roaming of the spirits for good luck

|relatedto = Christmas, Chinese New Year, Japanese New Year, Tibetan New Year, Korean New Year, Vietnamese New Year, Mongolian New Year, Sámi New Year, Yakut New Year

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Quviasukvik ({{langx|iu|ᖁᕕᐊᓲᑎᖃᕐᕕᒃ}}; "Christmas"), is the first day of the year according to Inuit. The festival of the New Year is celebrated by Inuit, Yupik, Aleuts, Chukchi, NunatuKavummiut and the Iñupiat.[https://arctickingdom.com/quviasukvik-the-inuit-winter-festival-and-christmas/ Quviasukvik: The Inuit Winter Festival & Christmas] The feast originally derives from traditional Inuit religion but in modern times, it has Christian influences.[https://journals.openedition.org/jsa/2772 Quviasukvik. The celebration of an Inuit winter feast in the central Arctic][https://books.google.com/books?id=jLxUrtZgReMC&dq=Quviasukvik+New+Year&pg=PA100 Inuit Shamanism and Christianity]