Vulkana spa
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Riddu Sessions 2025: I’m a Sámi Boy
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Club Lávvu: Ánndaris Rimpi
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Ailu Valle x AMOC x Boogiemen
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Shadia Mansour
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Simon Issát Marainen
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Queer Pre-party: Quanah Style og Ritni Tears
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Vulkana Spa
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Coffee with Susanne Hætta and Dáiddadállu
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Siida: Bukta
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Basic forging - FULL!
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Yurt concert: Aldar Dashiev
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Conversation with the Young Artist of the Year
Meet Young artist of the year, ElleMina Kuoljok Baer, in a conversation about her artistic practice. This is a great…
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The White Gold of Greenland
What happens when Indigenous lands are exploited for enormous profits, while the local people are left empty-handed?…
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Election 2025: Panel Debate with the Gáisi Constituency
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Basic forging - FULL!
Would you like to know more about how a smithy works? Join our class in basic forging techniques! In this class…
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Bonju bádji
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Siida: Bukta
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Riddu Márkanat (festival market)
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Urfilm Shorts 2
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Drop-in: Yoik Class
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Course: Travel Bag in leather - FULL!
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Riddu Sessions 2025: I’m a Sámi Boy
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While we wait for reconciliation
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Sjit helvedes kåken
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Riddu Siida
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Riddu Nuorat
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Club Lávvu: Creeasian
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The Arctic is not for Sale!
The North is under pressure. The great powers are playing a geopolitical game of territories and resources and paying…
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Kajsa Balto
Indigenous power meets modern sounds in Kajsa Balto's unique musical style, where joik and Northern Sami weave together…
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Who will be the next Sámi pathfinders?
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Qummut Pujorit
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Reclaiming indigenous queer identity
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Suõmmkar - dance workshop
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Buryat-Mongolian Tea Ceremony
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Tipi teachings: fortelling
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Coffee with Susanne Hætta and Dáiddadállu
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Author talk with Aka Hansen
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Basic forging - FULL!
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Performance: I’m A Sámi Boy
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Yurt concert: Aldar Dashiev
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Discrimination, Bullying, Harassment - Know Your Rights
Discrimination, bullying, and harassment of Sami people is an ongoing and serious problem in today’s society. …
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Conversation with the Northern People of the Year: nēhiyawak
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Films from the North: Indigenous voices
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Uaajerneq (Mask dance)
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Election 2025: Presidential Debate
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Family event: Manne ja Mánát
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Urfilm Shorts 2
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Beading workshop
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Basic forging - FULL!
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Bonju bádji
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Election 2025: Sami enough to vote?
Who should have the right to vote in the Sami Parliament election? In recent years, the Sami electoral roll has been…
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Riddu Márkanat (festival market)
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Vulkana spa
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Urfilm shorts 1
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Course: Travel Bag in leather - FULL!
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Course in Fish Skin Tanning - FULL!
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Riddu Sessions 2025: I’m a Sámi Boy
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While we wait for reconciliation
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Mánáidfestivála
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Sjit helvedes kåken
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Basic forging - FULL!
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Riddu Siida
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Riddu Nuorat
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Club Lávvu: XGB
Get ready to rave with XGB at Club Lávvu! NB! The concert starts at 01:00. XGB brings rave to Sápmi –…
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RSP & Thomax
Straight out of the mean streets of Harstad come RSP & Thomax, two of Northern Norway's true hip-hop veterans.…
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Sauwestari
We’re beyond excited to hear Greenlandic reggae when Sauwestari hits the stage this summer! Sauwestari is a…
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Marja Mortensson
Marja Mortensson presents her latest commissioned work, Jaevriegaske – The Land Between Two Lakes, which premiered…
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Sara Curruchich
We are incredibly happy to welcome Sara Curruchich to our main stage this summer! Guatemalan Sara Curruchich…
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The Buošši Award
Riddu Riđđu and the Center of Northern Peoples will present the inaugural Buošši Award at this year’s festival to…
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Official opening Riddu Riđđu 2025
Welcome to the official opening of Riddu Riđđu 2025! The festival director Sajje Solbakk and chair Bente Ovedie…
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UiT-seminar: International Indigenous collaboration in geopolitical ‘wolf times’
This years’ UiT seminar addresses cross-border collaboration between Indigenous Peoples, with today’s geopolitical…
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The Árdna award
UiT and the Center for Sámi Studies award prizes for this year's best master's thesis on Indigenous Peoples. The prize…
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Buryat-Mongolian Tea Ceremony
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Performance: I’m A Sámi Boy
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Coffee with Susanne Hætta and Dáiddadállu
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Basic forging - FULL!
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Election 2025: The Battle for the Fjord
1989 marks the beginning of a new era in fishery politics, when many Sea Sami fishers lost their right to fish. In…
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Yurt concert: Aldar Dashiev
Aldar Dashiev, born and raised in Buryatia, is a performer of authentic Buryat and Mongolian folk songs as well as of…
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Bonju bádji
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Uaajeerneq (Mask dance)
Come experience the unique mask dance, Uaajerneq, from Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland)! Uaajeerneq is one of…
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Artist talk: I'm a Sámi Boy
Welcome to a deep dive into what lies behind this year's festival exhibition I'm a Sámi Boy by Kai Mikkel Balto. The…
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Family Event: Arctic Circus Line
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Films from the North: Indigenous voices
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Basic forging - FULL!
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Suoidnekaboom
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Riddu Márkanat (festival market)
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Vulkana spa
This year, take your festival experience to a whole new level - Vulkana Spa is dropping anchor just a short drive from…
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Gobbagahpir course
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Weaving Class - FULL!
In this class, you will learn how to weave traditional Sea Sámi komagbånd (shoe bands). You’ll be guided through the…
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Yoik class - FULL!
Would you like to learn more about yoik? Attend our yoik class! This is a practical class, where the main focus is…
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Urfilm shorts 1
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Course: Travel Bag in leather - FULL!
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Riddu Sessions 2025: I’m a Sámi Boy
The art exhibition I'm a Sámi Boy is an interdisciplinary project that explores Sámi masculinity through duodji (Sámi…
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While we wait for reconciliation
The installation While we wait for reconciliation is a reaction to Norway's truth and reconciliation process that…
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Sjit helvedes kåken
Sjåbakkenhuset – better known as Sjit helvedes kåken: “The Shithole Shack” – will be open to the public throughout this…
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Basic forging - FULL!
Would you like to know more about how a smithy works? Join our class in basic forging techniques! In this class…
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Riddu Siida
Welcome to Riddu Siida! Riddu Siida, which translates to "Riddu Home", is a vibrant area with plenty of activities…
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Mánáidfestivála
Sign up your children for the Riddu Riđđu Mánáidfestivála (Childrens festival)!It starts on Wednesday July 9 with a…
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Riddu Nuorat
Are you between 13 and 25 years old and want to see cool concerts? Do you want to learn how to set up a Lávvu? Or do…
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Opening of Riddu Sessions 2025: I’m a Sámi Boy
Riddu Sessions 2025: I’m a Sámi Boy Welcome to the opening of the art exhibition I'm a Sámi Boy at 18:00! …
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Opening of Mánáidfestivála
This year's Mánáidfestivála opens wednesday July 9 at 1:00 pm. Everyone is welcome, it's free and open to everyone…
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Vulkana Spa
This year, take your festival experience to a whole new level - Vulkana Spa is dropping anchor just a short drive from…
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While we wait for reconciliation
The installation While we wait for reconciliation is a reaction to Norway's truth and reconciliation process that…
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Sjit helvedes kåken
Sjåbakkenhuset – better known as Sjit helvedes kåken: “The Shithole Shack” – will be open to the public throughout this…
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Riddu Nuorat
Are you between 13 and 25 years old and want to see cool concerts? Do you want to learn how to set up a Lávvu? Or do…
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