Artist | Title | Album | Label |
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Christine | introduction to the episode | ||
Alphonse Gagnon, and the members of the village of Moricetown | clips from the pulling ceremony, from Centennial Hall to the Moricetown cemetery | ||
Vi Gellenbeck | explanation of two of the headstones | ||
Alphonse Gagnon | stories of the bereaved | ||
Noam Chomsky | Community Radio PSA | ||
Christine | BIG PSA | ||
Vi Gellenbeck | explanation of the other two stones, and family introductions | ||
Christine | explanations of the pull sounds | ||
the Moricetown community | the final leg of the pull | ||
Dolores Basil | comments on the upcoming feast | ||
Freda Huson | drummed song in tribute | ||
Melina | On her father's headstone | ||
The Moricetown community | You Are My Sunshine | ||
Christine | extro to the episode |
Program:
This week, a Witsuwit'en Headstone Pulling event, where the headstone is pulled on a wagon. Headstone Pulling events are very symbolic, very happy occasions, where the community assists the family in letting go of their grief. This is hands down the most joyous bereavement ceremony I have ever attended.
"Hookwah!"