Samediggi / The Sámi Parliament, Davvi álbmogiid guovddáš / Centre for Northern Peoples and Nord-Troms Museum warmly welcome you to two exciting Cultural Heritage Days in Kåfjord on 6 and 7 September.
The programme includes interesting and educational lectures, a cultural walk in Svartskogen, music, and not least the opening of the Marj-Inger house in Kjerringdalen. In connection with this, the solo exhibition will also be opened Man can change – but the mountains are the same by the award-winning Kåfjord artist Gjert Rognli.
The lectures and openings are free for the public..
On Monday at 6:00 PM, dinner will be served at Davvi álbmogiid guovddáš / Centre for Northern Peoples. If you wish to attend, please sign up as soon as possible.
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You can sign up with Svein O. Leiros by phone on 957 93799 or by email svein@nordligefolk.no
Programme:
Monday 6 September
14.00
Opening of the Marj-Inger house, by Sámi Parliamentary Council Chair Henrik Olsen.
Exhibition opening You are the same – but the mountains The house of Gjert Rognli.
Cultural contribution by Daniel Wikslund.
17.00
Welcome from Svein Leiros, Managing Director of Davvi álbmogiid guovddáš / Centre for Northern Peoples.
17.05
A brief introduction of the programme and occasion by MC Henrik Olsen.
17.15
Cultural performance by Øystein Fredriksen and Daniel Wikslund.
17.25
Årøya – from trading post to coastal fortress, by Lise Brekmoe, Nord-Troms Museum.
18:00 Dinner
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18:40
Cultural contribution by Øystein Fredriksen and Daniel Wikslund.
19.20
Bear Graves in the North: Traces of Sámi Bear Cult and Bones in Caves and Bogs, by Ingrid Sommerseth, UiT.
Welcome home!
Tuesday 7 September
12.00
Cultural walk with Tor Mikalsen in Čáhput / Svartskogen. Coffee and snacks at Muil cabin.
18.00
Welcome by Svein O. Leiros.
18.05
Offer sites or wolf traps? A study of stone circles in Sami landscapes, by Marte Spangen, UiT.
18.45
Archaeological excavations of the oldest marketplace in Skibotn, by Gørill Nilsen, UiT.
19.30
Hymns in Gaivuotna Kåfjord, by Liv Rundberg
20.00
Welcome home!
Don't miss these exciting lectures during the heritage days:
Årøya from trading post to coastal fort, by Lise Brekmoe, Nord-Troms Museum.
For the last three years, Nord-Troms Museum has collaborated with the Sámi Parliament, the Centre for Northern Peoples, and Troms and Finnmark County Council to map out stories and cultural heritage sites on Årøya/Vuorri in the Lyngen Fjord. In this lecture, we look at the cultural heritage sites that have been registered and what they can tell us about the island's history. This includes trade history, the use of outfields, and, not least, the occupying powers' activities during World War II.
Monday 6 September at 5:25 PM, the cultural hall, Centre for Northern Peoples
Offer sites or wolf traps? A study of stone circles in Sami landscapes, by Marte Spangen, UiT.
In Finnmark and Nord-Troms, a special type of stone circle has been interpreted as Sámi offering sites. Eventually, this has become a common interpretation of all sorts of stone circles in both Sámi areas and areas with no known older Sámi settlement. Is it true that stone circles are Sámi offering sites, or could they have other explanations – both in Finnmark and Troms and in other areas?
Tuesday 7 September at 18:05, culture hall, Centre for Northern Peoples
Archaeological excavations of the oldest marketplace in Skibotn, by Gørill Nilsen, UiT
The Department of Archaeology, History, Religious Studies and Theology at UiT conducted excavations at the oldest marketplace in Skibotn from 2019 to 2021. The preliminary results will be presented in the lecture.
Tuesday, 7 September at 6:45 PM
Bear Graves in the North: Traces of Sámi Bear Cult and Bones in Caves and Bogs, by Ingrid Sommerseth, UiT.
In Norway, we have archaeological evidence of 30 bear graves with bear bones dating from the Iron Age to modern times.
One of the graves in Northern Troms was found, among other places, on Årøya in Lyngen. Burial customs and written sources show that the bear bones were treated with respect, and carefully placed in caves and in cairns.
These are traces of ritual burials linked to the old Sami religion, to honour the animal and ensure good hunting fortune.
The practices surrounding the old Sámi bear cult are also a shared tradition across all of Sápmi.
Monday 6 September, 7:20 PM, Kultursalen, Centre for Northern Peoples.
Opening of the Marj-Inger House
The house belonging to Marj-Inger has been restored so that visitors can gain insight into her life and work. Marj-Inger was born at the end of the 19th century. She moved out of the house in 1976. The house remained as she had left it, with furnishings and clothes. As the years passed, deterioration took hold. During the restoration of the house, care was taken to document everything, including the homemade furniture, tools, crockery, and clothes belonging to her. Much of this has been returned to the house.
It is told of Marj-Inger that she was a woman with backbone. She lived alone and supported herself with odd jobs, leatherwork, and some hay sales. Everyone in the village knew who she was and a number of stories about her have been preserved. It is said that few dared to contradict her, but that she was very fond of young people. Her little house was therefore a gathering place for many youngsters. The stories about her are to be collected and shared.
The restoration of the house and the dissemination of Marj-Inger's life and work are supported by the Sámi Parliament.
Opening of the exhibition Várit leat seammát – But the mountains are the same
At the same time as we open the Marj-Inger house, we are also opening a separate exhibition with the award-winning Kåfjord artist Gjert Rognli.
In the exhibition Man can change – but the mountains are the same __OPENROUTER_FAILED__.
The exhibition consists of 14 photos from the various hamlets in Kåfjord and a short film.
Gjert Rognli himself opens the exhibition.
Monday 6 September at 2.00 PM, Marj-Inger house, Kjerringsdalen.