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Siqqitiq (meaning transforming one's life, more specifically adopting Christianity) is the ritual of converting Inuit with shamanist beliefs to Christianity. This is usually accompanied by ritualisticconsumption of foods held taboo by shamanist belief (like cariboulung and heart,[1]) to underscore the fact that such taboos no longer apply.
The word could also refer to the communion meal itself.Umik, the first Inuk evangelist used such methods for conversion, which turned into a ritual. The practice is now rare because most Inuit are already Christians. Siqqitiqtuq (literally: getting into water, or wetting with water) means baptism.