Sámi Easter Festival – Kautokeino
About
The Sámi Easter Festival is held every year at Easter in Guovdageaidnu/Kautokeino, a Sámi community where the Sámi language and culture are a natural part of everyday life. Kautokeino is Norway's largest municipality by area.
Easter has long traditions in Sápmi: people gathered before moving on with the reindeer, and weddings, christenings, confirmations and reindeer racing often took place at Easter. Today the programme includes outdoor activities, a market, duodji (Sámi handicraft), photo and art exhibitions, theatre, reindeer racing, snowmobile cross, fishing competitions, a church service and, of course, the Sámi Grand Prix and concerts with both traditional yoik and modern Sámi music.
Dates and programme: samieasterfestival.com.
Photo: Helge Høifødt (CC BY-SA 4.0), via Wikimedia Commons.
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Guovdageaidnu/Kautokeino, Finnmark
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- Extra KautokeinoNearest shop · 900 m
- Esso KautokeinoFuel100 m
- Toilets700 m
- Guovdageaidnu - KautokeinoNearest townright here
- Vinmonopolet KautokeinoNearest Vinmonopolet · 100 m
- DuottarNearest campsite1.4 km
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