Riddu Riđđu () is an annual

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music and culture festival held in Olmmáivággi (Manndalen) in the Gáivuotna Municipality (also known as Kåfjord Municipality) in

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. The goal of the festival is to bring forward both Sámi culture and that of other

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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, Troms county and Kåfjord municipality. 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

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the 2020 festival was cancelled.

History

The festival was launched by a group of young Sámi on New Year's Eve 1991 at Olmmáivággi (). 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, Sandra Márjá West 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 Buffy Sainte-Marie (born Beverley Jean Santamaria; February 20, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and social activist. Sainte-Marie's singing and writing repertoire includes subjects of love, war, religion, and mysticism, and h ...

* Moana and the Tribe * Oki Dub Ainu Band *

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* Lovisa Negga * Violet Road * Admiral P * Iva Lamkum * Sisi

2014 lineup

A Tribe Called Red The Halluci Nation, formerly known as A Tribe Called Red (a name inspired by hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest), is a Canadian electronic music group who blend instrumental hip hop, reggae, moombahton and dubstep-influenced dance music with ...

* Felgen Orkester * Jon Henrik Fjällgren * Biru Baby *

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Hekla Stålstrenga Hekla Stålstrenga is a Norwegian folk and folk rock band specializing in North Norwegian traditional music. It was formed in 2008 as a duo by fiddler Ragnhild Furebotten and guitarist Tore Bruvoll. They had their first recording as a duo, for ...

* Sator * Jörgen Stenberg

2015 lineup

Mari Boine Mari Boine (born Mari Brit Randi Boine; 8 November 1956) is a Norwegian Sámi singer. She combined a form of Sámi joik singing with rock. In 2008, she became a professor of musicology at Nesna University College. Biography Mari Boine was bo ...

* Resirkulert *

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* Senjahopen * Katchafire *

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* F.A.C.E.

2016 lineup

* Slincraze * Sofia Jannok *

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* Violet Road *

Sondre Justad Sondre Justad (born 15 October 1990) is a Norwegian musician and songwriter. Early life Justad grew up in Henningsvær in Lofoten, Northern Norway and went to upper secondary school in Bodø, Northern Norway. He began publishing his own mus ...

* Hanggai * Marja Helena Fjellheim Mortensson * Ylva *

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* Herman Rundberg * Kitok * Traditional

2017 lineup

* Chalama Project * Uyarakq * Áilu Valle * Dagny * Duolva Duottar * Ondt Blod * Ágy * Isák * Johan Anders Bær * Radik Tyulush * Silver Jackson * Dj Ailo

2018 lineup

Baker Boy Danzal James Baker (born 10 October 1996), known professionally as Baker Boy, is a Yolngu rapper, dancer, and artist. Baker Boy is known for performing original hip-hop songs incorporating both English language, English and Yolŋu languages, ...

* Resirkulert * Solju * Wimme Saari * Amanda Delara * Felgen Orkester * Biru Baby *

Tyva Kyzy Tyva Kyzy (Тыва Кызы, pronounced ) (Daughters of Tuva) is an all-female folk ensemble performing Tuvan throat-singing, under the direction of Choduraa Tumat. It is the first and only women's group in Tuva that performs all styles of Tuvan ...

* DJ Shub

2019 lineup

* Wiyaala *

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 protest ...

* ISÁK *

Tanya Tagaq Tanya Tagaq ( Inuktitut syllabics: ᑕᓐᔭ ᑕᒐᖅ, born Tanya Tagaq Gillis, May 5, 1975), also credited as Tagaq, is a Canadian Inuk throat singer, songwriter, novelist, actor, and visual artist from Cambridge Bay (Iqaluktuuttiaq), Nun ...

* Hildá Länsman * Alash * Opphav feat. Risten Anine * Silla + Rise * 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 '' W ...

* DJ: 169 * Mio Negga * Alexia Galloway-Alainga * Cheinesh * DJ Rise Ashen * 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 in Norway Indigenous music festivals Gáivuotna–Kåfjord Sámi festivals