Riddu Riđđu
Riddu Riđđu (Northern Sami pronunciation: [ˈridː.tuː ˌrið.ðuː]) is an annual Sámi music and culture festival held in Olmmáivággi (Manndalen) in the Gáivuotna Municipality (also known as 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, 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 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 (Norwegian: 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 [the Norwegian government] take away from us the Sámi language? Why do we hide our Sea-Sámi identity and culture? Why are we ashamed [of 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 Queen Sonja in 2016. In 2017, the then Minister of Culture Trine Skei Grande was responsible for the opening.
== Lineups ==
=== 2013 lineup ===
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Moana and the Tribe
Oki Dub Ainu Band
Elin Kåven
Lovisa Negga
Violet Road
Admiral P
Iva Lamkum
Sisi
=== 2014 lineup ===
A Tribe Called Red
Felgen Orkester
Jon Henrik Fjällgren
Biru Baby
Tamikrest
Hekla Stålstrenga
Sator
Jörgen Stenberg
=== 2015 lineup ===
Mari Boine
Resirkulert
Yann Tiersen
Nanook
Senjahopen
Katchafire
Amoc
Urna
F.A.C.E.
=== 2016 lineup ===
Slincraze
Sofia Jannok
Ana Tijoux
Violet Road
Sondre Justad
Hanggai
Marja Helena Fjellheim Mortensson
Ylva
Suming
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 ===
Mari Boine
Baker Boy (with Yirrmal and Kian)
Resirkulert
Solju
Wimme Saari
Amanda Delara
Felgen Orkester
Biru Baby
Tyva Kyzy
DJ Shub
=== 2019 lineup ===
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Wiyaala
Maxida Märak
ISÁK
Tanya Tagaq
Hildá Länsman
Alash
Opphav feat. Risten Anine
Silla + Rise
Ruben
Jeremy Dutcher
DJ: 169
Mio Negga
Alexia Galloway-Alainga
Cheinesh
DJ Rise Ashen
Slincraze
=== 2021 lineup ===
ISÁK
Agnete
Kalle Urheim
DJ iDJa with Åvla and Ramona Linnea
Felgen Orkester
A Million Pineapples
Bats of Congress
DJ collective Article 3
OZAS
Kajsa Balto

== External links ==Official website
Riddu Riđđu on Facebook
Sámi Musical Performance and the Politics of Indigeneity in Northern Europe by Thomas Hilder