Skolt Saami Community Day 6.9.2025
Picture: Poster of Skolt Saami Community Day on 6.9.2025 at Sámi Museum Siida, with logos of the parties involved. Photo from exhibition Vääim ǩiõj – Traces of innermost by Matleena Fofonoff, Venke Tørmænen, Kjellaug Isaksen and Irene Rasmussen. Photographer: Alexey Tsalko
Skolt Saami community day was held on Saturday 6th September 2025 at Sámi Museum Siida. The day included a visit to Siida’s main exhibition and a display of a collection of Skolt Saami objects specially selected just for that day, based on participant’s votes. Detailed program of the day is found below.The event offered an opportunity to meet and network with the cross-border Skolt Saami community. Lunch and coffee was provided by the event and free transportation was arranged from Kirkenes and Nellim to Inari and back.
Skolt Saami Community Day was organized by Oummu rââst raaj, MÁHTUT and SÁMIPOLITY projects in cooperation with Sámi Museum Siida and Ä’vv Skolt Saami Museum. The event was open for everyone and free of charge, but registration was mandatory. In addition, a separate vote was open where participants could vote which object groups would be on display during the event.
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