This weekend, the Nunavut International Seal Skin network is gathering for a workshop in Manndalen to share their knowledge, stories and craftsmanship. On Sunday, you'll have the opportunity to get to know the artisans and their products. On Monday we show the award-winning film Angry Inuk, which shows the central role of sealing in Inuit life. Sealing has also been part of the Sea Sami culture.
What: Workshop, sale of products and meeting with craftsmen from Nunavut International Seal Skin workshop.
When: 25 November, 13.00-15.00
Where: Manndalen Husflidslag
What: Screening of the film Angry Inuk
Where: Centre for Northern Peoples, Kultursalen
When: 26 November at 13.00
Organiser: Government of Canada, Territory of Nunavut and Davvi álbmugiid guovddaš/ Centre for Northern Peoples in collaboration with Manndalen Husflidslag
The Nunavut International Seal Skin workshop is a network of artisans from Nunavut, Canada, Finland, Estonia, Scotland, Sweden and Norway. This weekend they will gather in Manndalen to share their knowledge, stories and crafts.
Sealing has always played a central role in the lives of Inuit people, their daily lives and culture, and as an important source of income in small, often remote communities. Today, international campaigns and bans on sealing have hit Inuit communities hard, threatening both traditional ways of life and cultures.
The Nunavut International Seal Skin workshop imparts cultural competences through the examination and sharing of traditional methods of using seal skin. Tanning techniques, stitching techniques, comparing tools and designs, and sharing stories.
Self fishing is part of the Sea Sami culture
Sealing has also been part of our Sea Sami culture throughout Northern Norway. The Sea Sami names for the animal show that seals had
great importance to coastal communities. More than 50 Sami terms are distributed according to species, age, gender and otherwise according to the shape and colour of the seal, and the large number of seal terms tells us that the Sea Sami have been sealing for a long time. Today, seals are a more or less forgotten maritime and cultural resource. The understanding of the historical roots of seal hunting and its role in the management of ecosystems is almost gone. Self-trapping and seal hunting have become a sensitive national and international political issue that affects life in the High North, and where local voices are not heard.
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