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In Greenland, traditional food made from raw auk flesh stuffed inside a hollowed-out seal's body.
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Kiviak
Kiviak or kiviaq is a traditional wintertime Inuit food from Greenland that is made of little auks (Alle alle), a type of seabird, fermented in a seal skin. Up to 500 whole auks are packed into the seal skin, beaks and feathers included. As much air as possible is removed from the seal skin before it is sewn up and sealed with seal fat, which repels flies. It is then hidden in a heap of stones, with a large rock placed on top to keep the air out. Over the course of three months, the birds ferment, and are then eaten during the Arctic winter, particularly on birthdays and weddings.The process was featured in the third episode of BBC's Human Planet in 2011.Knud Rasmussen's death is attributed to food poisoning by kiviaq. In August 2013 several people died in Siorapaluk from eating kiviak that was made from eider rather than auk. Eider does not ferment as well as auk, and those who ate it contracted botulism.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of kiviak in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of kiviak in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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