Okki-tokki-unga!

In our Music lesson in Grade 1 this week we started exploring pulse and rhythm. We learnt a fun new song called ‘Okki-tokki-unga’. The children thoroughly enjoy this song and keep asking to sing it again and again!

Here are the words to the song and some more photos…

Chorus

Okki-tokki-unga,

Okki-tokki-unga,

Hey, Missa day, Missa doh,

Missa day. (Repeat)

Verses 1-2

Hexa cola misha woni,

Hexa cola misha woni,

Hexa cola misha woni.

The actions mark the beat and tell the story of an Inuit boy who goes fishing:

Chorus: paddle to one side then the other.

VS 1: peer to one side then the other.

VS 2: cast net to one side then the other.

Last chorus: paddle slowly home.

For your information:

Inuit (Inuktitut syllabics, singular Inuk) is a general term for a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic coasts of Siberia, Alaska, the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec, Labrador, and Greenland. Until fairly recent times, there has been a remarkable homogeneity in the culture throughout this area, which traditionally relied on fish, sea mammals, and land animals for food, heat, light, clothing, tools, and shelter. Their language, sometimes incorrectly called Inuktitut, is grouped under Inuit language or Eskimo-Aleut languages.