Assertion: beluga's skin | /r/ObjectUse | used as a source of nutrition
Facets:
value: for cultural traditions
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Some years ago the contaminant levels in the bodies of some of the belugas of the St. Lawrence River (at the outflow of the heavily industrialized and populated Great Lakes ecosystem) were so high that the carcasses were classified as ‘hazardous toxic waste.’Beluga whales are also culturally important to many Inuit communities in the Arctic; the skin and outer blubber layers, called maktaaq, are used as a source of nutrition and for cultural traditions.