Siqqitiq

{{Short description|Ritual of converting Inuit to Christianity}}

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Siqqitiq (meaning transforming one's life, more specifically adopting Christianity) is the ritual of converting Inuit with shamanist beliefs to Christianity. This is usually accompanied by ritualistic consumption of foods held taboo by shamanist belief (like caribou lung and heart,[http://www.erudit.org/revue/etudinuit/2002/v26/n1/009274ar.pdf The birth of a Catholic Inuit community. The transition to Christianity in Pelly Bay, Nunavut, 1935-1950]) to underscore the fact that such taboos no longer apply.

The word could also refer to the communion meal itself.{{cn|date=November 2021}} Umik, the first Inuk evangelist used such methods for conversion, which turned into a ritual. The practice is now rare because most Inuit are already Christians. Siqqitiqtuq (literally: getting into water, or wetting with water) means baptism.{{cn|date=November 2021}}