DCHP-2

throat singing throat-singing DCHP-2 (November 2016)

• n. — Aboriginal (Inuit)

  a type of singing performed by Inuit women (see Image 1).

  Type: 4. Culturally Significant — The term is used in many English-speaking countries; however, outside of Canada, throat singing generally refers to a singing technique. In Canada, the term refers to a style of traditional singing performed by Inuit women (see, e.g. the 1987 and 2013 quotations), often by two women facing one another (see Image 1). Throat singing is particular to Inuit culture and associated with the Canadian North. The term is of national cultural importance (see, e.g., the 2013 quotation).
  See also COD-2, s.v. "throat singing"(1), which is marked "Cdn".

  See also: Inuit