It turned into half a day’s tribute to Greenland and Greenlandic culture, when the Greenland House in Aalborg, the Tikiusaaq Association and the North Jutland venue Skråen joined forces on Saturday for a large and ambitious cultural event that lasted from noon to midnight.
The large event entitled Arctic Roots gave the audience the opportunity to learn more about the Greenlandic clothing from the national costume to Nickie Isaksen’s latest collection and listen to Greenlandic tunes ranging from the traditional choral singing to Andachan’s hot DJ sound.
It turned into half a day’s tribute to Greenland and Greenlandic culture, when the Greenland House in Aalborg, the Tikiusaaq Association and the North Jutland venue Skråen joined forces on Saturday for a large and ambitious cultural event that lasted from noon to midnight.
The large event entitled Arctic Roots gave the audience the opportunity to learn more about the Greenlandic clothing from the national costume to Nickie Isaksen’s latest collection and listen to Greenlandic tunes ranging from the traditional choral singing to Andachan’s hot DJ sound.
It all came together in a tight programme, where one performance replaced the other – and everyone got something to take home.
Blue snow
Aviana Steinbacher’s half-hour theater monologue Blå Sne probably made the biggest impression, depicting the Greenlandic student’s encounter with Danish students’ superficial drinking culture, hygge-racism, the feeling of being looked down upon and the longing for home.
Because there is no reason to feel less worthy.
– I am proud of my survival, my awareness, my spirituality, my understanding of nature, sila and what is between heaven and earth. I know several languages, I am good at expressing myself with my body, I can communicate without using words, I am gentle and responsive, I am present, I am in the present, I trust processes, I am patient, I am ready for change, I am Greenlandic and I am proud, it read.
Aviana Steinbacher delivered a moving performance in which the Greenlandic audience could see themselves – and where the Danish audience got something to go home with.
For the rest, it was also quite funny in part of the monologue, where Aviana Steinbacher plays with the idea that there are polar bears in the streets of Greenland.
– Previously, each family had two polar bears, but after pressure from Greenpeace, it is now only allowed to have one polar bear per family. family.
– When I was a child, I also had one. I taught it to pick up mail when the postman came on the dog sled. It caused a bit of trouble at first because the polar bear came to eat the postman’s dogs, Aviana Steinbacher speculated.
From Paamiut to the top of fashion
After Blå Sne, Nickie Isaksen took to the stage and spoke about her life’s journey from childhood in Paamiut to the top of the fashion world with an education from the renowned London College of Fashion.
– I am deeply rooted in my Greenlandic heritage – our spiritual world, our nature and our history, said Nickie Isaksen.
Her performance ended with a fashion show where the audience could experience the new winter collection.
And then of course there was a party afterwards – both with Andachan and not least Greenland’s popular musical roots in the form of GDR with Anda Uldum.
– Everything clapped. So we are happy. We wanted to create a living story about belonging, change and the connections that bind us together across time and place, says Ivalo Lyberth, who is the head of the cultural association Tikiusaq, who was responsible for much of the practical legwork in connection with Arctic Roots.
