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The President of the Saami Parliament, Sven-Roald Nystø, will not run for office next year. Consequently the stage is set for a change of power – for the first time in history, the President could be a woman. >> les mer
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The President of the Saami Parliament, Sven-Roald Nystø, will not run for office next year. Consequently the stage is set for a change of power – for the first time in history, the President could be a woman. …
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Nearly 400 years after the worst of the Norwegian witch trials ripped through the area, approximately 100 people have made their way to the small town of Vardoe, just over 2,000 kilometers (1,250 miles) from the North Pole, for northern Norway’s first ever witch conference.
“When we take the low population of Finnmark (Norway’s northernmost county and home to Vardoe) into consideration, the persecution of accused witches is almost the worst in all of Europe,” Rune Blix Hagen Hagen, historian at the University of Tromsoe, says. Approximately 20 percent of the 138 people convicted of witchcraft in Finnmark county between 1598 and 1692 were Sami.
While the belief in witchcraft and magic may appear firmly lodged in the past, the willingness to participate in witch hunts has not ebbed with the passing centuries, according to social anthropologist Jan Broegger. >> continue
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Nearly 400 years after the worst of the Norwegian witch trials ripped through the area, approximately 100 people have made their way to the small town of Vardoe, just over 2,000 kilometers (1,250 miles) from the North…
Nunatsiaq News
Nunavik performers had enthusiastic audiences at last week’s Riddu Riddu festival in Arctic Norway, where attendance at the circumpolar arts, music and culture bash broke all previous records.
Some Sámi now consider Riddu Riddu to have more political importance than Norway’s Sámi Parliament or the Nordic Sámi Council. This year Sámi political leaders, including Sven Roald-Nystø, president of the Norwegian Sámi Parliament, and Ole-Henrik Magga, who heads the United Nations Permanent Forum for Indigenous Issues, were both on hand to underline the festival’s importance to the North. >>continue
Nunatsiaq News
Nunavik performers had enthusiastic audiences at last week's Riddu Riddu festival in Arctic Norway, where attendance at the circumpolar arts, music and culture bash broke all previous records.
Some Sámi now consider Riddu Riddu to have more political importance than…
Back from the festival, here are some links to some bands that played in Manndalen, Kåfjord community in Northern Norway
Drum Drum from Papua New Guinea
Wai, Maori-band from New Zealand
Back from the festival, here are some links to some bands that played in Manndalen, Kåfjord community in Northern Norway
Drum Drum from Papua New Guinea
Wai, Maori-band from New Zealand
Taima, Inuit band from Canada
Johan Sara jr - Saami Band from Northern…
I’ll be offline for one week to attend the Saami Indigenous Festival “Riddu Riddu” in Northern Norway.
From the self-description:
“Northern guests of this year are the Inuit people from Nunavik in Canada and for the very first time we have the pleasure of introducing a people from the southern hemisphere: the Sanpeople from Botswana. At Riddu Riddu you can enjoy all the beautiful cultural impressions and experience a modern indigenous atmosphere with artists from Canada, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Siberia – and from Kautokeino, Kåfjord, Tromsø and Oslo.”
For information about the Saami, check >>Arctic Circle’s overview
I'll be offline for one week to attend the Saami Indigenous Festival "Riddu Riddu" in Northern Norway.
From the self-description: "Northern guests of this year are the Inuit people from Nunavik in Canada and for the very first time we have…