Riddu Riđđu () is an annual Sámi music and culture festival held in Olmmáivággi (Manndalen) in the Gáivuotna (Kåfjord) municipality in Norway. The goal of the festival is to bring forward both Sámi culture and that of other indigenous peoples. Translated to English, the name of the festival is "small storm at the coast". The festival has permanent support from the Ministry of Culture and Church Affairs, the

Sámi parliament The Sámi ( ; also spelled Sami or Saami) are a Finno-Ugric-speaking people inhabiting the region of Sápmi (formerly known as Lapland), which today encompasses large northern parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and of the Murmansk Oblast, R ...

, Troms county and Kåfjord municipality. Riddu Riđđu (8)

Riddu Riđđu includes concerts, seminars, performances, youth camp, stage art, literature, children's program, Northern People's program, youth camp, film program, courses (workshops), art exhibition, market (bazaar), indigenous houses and much more. The 30th festival was to be held 8–12 July 2020; however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic the 2020 festival was cancelled.

History

The festival was launched by a group of young Sámi on New Year's Eve 1991 at Olmmáivággi ( no, Manndalen). This was a decade after the Sámi cultural revitalization started. Before that time, the Norwegian government attempted to assimilate the indigenous Sámi into the Norwegian majority population. In Olmmáivággi almost all of the previously majority Sámi population now considered themselves as Norwegian. During the 1990s, the anti-Sámi sentiment was especially strong in the area with Sámi road-signs being shot to pieces and families being split. A group of youth started to ask questions such as: "Why did they he Norwegian governmenttake away from us the Sámi language? Why do we hide our Sea-Sámi identity and culture? Why are we ashamed f being Sámi" This started a Sámi youth organization that among other things organized the Riddu Riđđu festival. The first festival was arranged in 1991 and has since been arranged annually. In 1998, the ''Riddu Riđđu Searvi'' organization was established and has since been responsible for arranging the festival. In 2018,

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became the festival manager. The festival was opened by

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in 2016. In 2017, the then Minister of Culture

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was responsible for the opening.

Lineups

2013 lineup

* Buffy Sainte-Marie *

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* Oki Dub Ainu Band *

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* Lovisa Negga *

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* Admiral P * Iva Lamkum *

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2014 lineup

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* Felgen Orkester *

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* Sator *

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2015 lineup

* Mari Boine * Resirkulert * Yann Tiersen * Nanook *

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* Katchafire * Amoc *

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* F.A.C.E.

2016 lineup

* Slincraze *

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* Hanggai * Marja Helena Fjellheim Mortensson *

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* Kitok * Traditional

2017 lineup

* Chalama Project * Uyarakq * Áilu Valle * Dagny * Duolva Duottar * Ondt Blod * Ágy * Isák *

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* Radik Tyulush *

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2018 lineup

* Mari Boine * Baker Boy * Resirkulert * Solju *

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* Felgen Orkester * Biru Baby *

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2019 lineup

* Buffy Sainte-Marie *

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Maxida Märak Ida Amanda "Maxida" Märak (born 17 September 1988) is a Swedish-Sámi joik singer, hip hop musician, actress and activist. Märak is a human rights activist with a special interest in the rights of the Sámi people. She has taken part in protests ...

* ISÁK * Tanya Tagaq *

Hildá Länsman Hildá Birget Länsman, also known by her Saami name as Ánn-Ovllá Káre Jari Hildá (born 1993) is a Sámi singer, yoiker, and musician from Finland. In addition to performing with her own bands '' Duo Vildá'' and '' Gájanas'', she also ...

* Alash * Opphav feat. Risten Anine *

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* Ruben *

Jeremy Dutcher Jeremy Dutcher is a classically-trained Canadian Indigenous tenor, composer, musicologist, performer and activist, who previously lived in Toronto, Ontario and currently lives in Montréal, Québec. He became widely known for his first album '' ...

* DJ: 169 * Mio Negga * Alexia Galloway-Alainga * Cheinesh *

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* Slincraze

2021 lineup

* ISÁK *

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* Kalle Urheim * DJ iDJa with Åvla and Ramona Linnea * Felgen Orkester * A Million Pineapples * Bats of Congress * DJ collective Article 3 * OZAS * Kajsa Balto

References

External links

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Sámi Musical Performance and the Politics of Indigeneity in Northern Europe
by Thomas Hilder {{DEFAULTSORT:Riddu Riddu Music festivals in Norway Sámi music Cultural festivals in Norway 1991 establishments in Norway Culture in Troms Folk festivals in Norway Music festivals established in 1991 Summer events in Norway Indigenous music festivals Gáivuotna–Kåfjord