Dance groups from across the Bering Strait region gathered in Wales last weekend for the Kingikmiut Dance Festival, a three-day event centered on sharing songs and dances that leaders say were absent from some communities for decades.
This year marked the event’s 25th anniversary.
Fog limited the festival’s opening night. Groups from Gambell, Savoonga, and Brevig Mission couldn’t make it in, leaving just the groups from Wales and Unalakleet to perform…