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Handel's Hallelujah Chorus from the Yupiq Eskimo Village

A school project has gone viral on YouTube.

The Yupiq Eskimo Village of Quinhagak, Alaska, participated in a project for the Kuinerrarmiut Elitnaurviat 5th-grade computer class. 

The school intended to share the video with other Yupiq villages in the area. Much to the villagers' shock, more than half a million people have viewed it on YouTube.

A teacher wrote, "The amount of views is mind blowing!! Considering this video was intended for an audience of about 200. As many of you have thought, the kids worked very hard on this project. They put in 10 hours of work shooting all the scenes (on a weekend nonetheless!!) I am very proud of them!"

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