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Ukiuk

by Sesame Street

I wake up in my house
It's called a tupik, each day
And I dress just like you do
But the old Alaskan way
I wear my regular clothes underneath
But because of the Arctic chill
My aaga makes me bundle up
Like mothers always will

Put on your kamikluuk to stay warm and dry
Lace up your tuttiluk and you're stepping high
Slip on your atigi
Put your nasraun on your head with pride
A pair of aakatik and you're ready
'Cause it's ukiuk, and it's cold outside!

Now it's off to aglavik
Just like all the other ilaalugruak!

We've got out kamikluuk to stay warm an dry
We've laced our tuttiluk and we're stepping high
Slipped on our atiki
Got our nasraun on our head with pride
A pair of aakatik and we're ready
'Cause it's ukiuk
Really ukiuk
Yes, it's ukiuk, and it's cold outside!

Where I come from, ukiuk is winter
And winter is really ukiuk