Note 5 — THE KÁSGI OR DANCE HOUSE
Reading edition
The order of the seating on the inǵlak of invited guests is a matter of great concern to the Eskimo, as it is an indication of worth.
Children purchase their right to a seat in the kásgi by making presents, through their parents, to all the inmates, kásgimiut.
Until they do so they have no right to enter. For the same reason strangers on entering the kásgi offer a small present to the headman, who divides it among the people.