Inuit throat singers perform for Pope Francis during historic visit to Iqaluit

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Throat singer Akinisie Sivuarapik, named Nord-du-Quebec artist of the year in 2021, and her sister Amaly Sallualuk performed for Pope Francis at an event in Iqaluit, Nunavut on Friday.

The sisters performed a song passed down to them from their grandmother.

Pope Francis arrived in Iqaluit on Friday for the final leg of a historic tour across Canada that saw the pontiff express “deep shame and sorrow” for the church's role in Canada's residential school system, and apologize for abuses committed by some members of the Roman Catholic Church.

The brief visit in Nunavut’s capital marks the first time a pope has travelled to the territory.