Riddu Riddu 2018

What's happening in summer 2018

4. June 2018

Exhibitions, dance, theatre, language camps, film, and festivals. Check out everything happening at the centre this summer, and save the dates in your calendar!

May

Exhibition:  -as on the sea- Tales of the Birtavarre mines
04. Giđđadulvi VII / Spring flood VII, Beaivváš Sámi Theatre
15. Dance performance: Forgotten by Simone Grøtte
21. Duodjearena, Sami Language Centre 6-8 PM
31. Seminar: “Norwegianisation in the past and present, with an eye to the future”

June

Exhibition: -like chips on the sea- Tales of Birtavarre mines
01. Film screening: Kaisa's Enchanted Forest Katja Gauriloff
11. Duodjearena, Sámi Language Centre 6 PM - 8 PM
27. Manndalen Fish Festival

July

4.- 6. Language camp for children and young people: Years 1-7
9.-2. Sámi language immersion during the Riddu Riđđu Festival
12.-15. Riddu Riđđu Festival

Giđđadulvi VII / Spring flood VII

Welcome to Giđđadulvi VII / Spring Flood VII! The Sami National Theatre Beaivváš presents the seventh Giđđadulvi review for which the humourist and author Knut Nærum has written the lyrics.

Culture Hall, Centre for Northern Peoples May 4th at 9:00 PM.

Dance performance: Forgotten

GLEMT by Simone Grøtte is a dance performance set against the backdrop of the brutal North Norwegian war history. Everyday memories, the nuances of war, taste, smell, and childhood memories.

Culture Hall, Centre for Northern Peoples 15 May at 7:00 PM. Advance ticket sales: post@nordligefolk.no

ATTENTION! Only 90 places!

Forgotten. Photo: Mariell Amelie Lind Hansen
Film screening: Kaisa's EnEnchanted Forest

Kaisa’s Enchanted Forest is a gorgeous film that tells the story of a Nordic people who are almost lost: the Skolt Sámi. This hard-tried people are also this year's featured people at Riddu Riđđu. Take the opportunity to familiarise yourself with their culture!

The Cultural Hall, Centre for Northern Peoples, 1 June at 7.00 PM.

From the film Kaisas's Enchanted Forest.
Duodje Arena

Giellasiida/Sámi Language Centre invites you to a new Sámi language arena with duodji as the theme.

Giellasiida Language Centre, Centre for Northern Peoples, 21 May and 11 June at 6-8 PM.

Language camp for children and young people

Sign up for a language camp with an overnight trip, barbecue and more. The offer is for pupils from years 1-7 who have Sami as a subject. The offer is a collaboration between Giellasiida, Storfjord and Gáisi Language Centre.

Centre for Northern Peoples 4th-6th July. Registration deadline 20th June.

Sámi language immersion under Riddu Riđđu Festival

Come and speak and learn Sámi in pleasant surroundings!

Giellasiida Language Centre offers 4-day language immersion courses in Manndalen. The course is for those who already know some Sami but need speaking practice and a larger vocabulary.

Centre for Northern Peoples 9th-12th July.

The Exhibition – A Spray on the Sea – Stories of Birtavarre The exhibition runs until 29 June 2018.

Our museum and gift shop are open every weekday between 10:00 and 15:30.

NB! There are no open Saturdays between May and August.

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