What is behind the strength that indigenous women possess? With the help of nature and the Sami goddess Saaraahka, this film tells about community, strength and power. Faamoe is a dance film about the primal power that women carry.
Faamoe premiered on September 29, 2023 in Röros and has since been shown in Berlin and various places in Sweden. The Swedish premiere was Sami People's Day on February 6, 2024.
contribute:
Marika Reinhuvud – Producer, director, choreography, dance, poetry, editor, costume design
Leanna Wilson – throat song, drum dance, music, text, costume design
Camilla Therese Karlsen – dance, choreography, air acrobat, jojk, costume design
Emma Elliane Oskal Valkeapää – jojk, music, dance, text, costume design
Life Aira – dance, choreography, costume design
Gerd Kaisa Vorren – dance, choreography, costume design
Sofia Hallgren – music, sound composition
Camilla Liljestrand – color editing, grading
William Stenvall Zetterström – photo, film
Angelica Andersson Reinhuvud – set assistant, costume design
Madeleine Reindeer – costume design
Laila Wilks – costume design
Samuel Törnqvist – mastering
Lyrics:
Composer: Nataq Ungalaq.
Ajaa immaqaa uvanga immaqaa jaaiijaajaa
Ajaa immaqaa ivvit immaqaa jaaiijaajaa
Ajaa immaqaa uvagut immaqaa jaajijaajaa
Ajaa immaqaa tamattaa immaqaa jaaiijaajaa
Translation:
Ajaa however me however jaaiijaajaa
Ajaa however you however jaaiijaajaa
Ajaa however us however jaaiijaajaa
Ajaa however all of us however jaaiijaajaa
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Sapiliqtailinga
Ikajunga
Naluligam
Ikajunga
Sapliqtailinga
Don't give up on me
Help me
I'm lost
Help me
Don't give up on me
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Varrajohtu
Varra golga
Varra eallin
Ealin warra
Lie down
Gorut warra
Vara gorut
Hurry up
The blood flows
The blood flows
Blood life
The blood of life
Warm blood
The body's blood
Blood body
Blood Blood
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kraft
Power is the still silence when the ice makes a promise to carry you.
Power is the eternal rushing of water, the ancient majesty of the forest.
The blood that flows in our veins and reminds us of life.
Kraft is Saaraahka who helps women give birth to their children.
Strength is accepting a gift you think you don't deserve, standing united on issues that aren't necessarily your own.
Strength is to keep moving forward when you don't see a future, to dare to shed tears in times that don't allow.
Strength is to stand straight when you are constantly being spat on, to keep talking when no one is really listening.
Power is to continue the legacy that has been tried to be silenced for so long.
We all carry a force.
Is the power yours, mine?
Saaraahkas? Maadteraahkas?
Is it borrowed? is it changeable? is it replaceable?
We carry a force. We carry female power.
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Woman power is daring even when you are afraid
Women's power is hard and soft, strong and weak at the same time
Women's power is fighting for what you believe in
Kvinnokraft is fighting for those who are treated unfairly
Woman power is like a soft hug to rest in when you're too tired to stand
Every woman carries generations of female power
Woman power is yours, mine
Woman power is Saaraahka, mahteraahka
Women's power can be borrowed, changed and exchanged
We carry female power
We are female power
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She
Stood tall against the wave of harmful words crushing down on her. With a force of a lifetime of human kind, no mind not bound.
Just a woman, wearing her indigenous gown like a crown. Never fall down. They never can bring her down. To the ground, unbound, powerful sound. Yoik her mind, yoik the sound of her powerful mind. Yoik her mind.
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Thank you to Renbiten AB, Mittådalens Samiby, Fjällgården, Sjöstugan Grövelsjön, Agera Idre, Storsäterns chapel, Ann-helen Renhuvud, Madeleine Renhuvud, Gunhild Andersson, Peter Andersson, Angelica Andersson Renhuvud
A screen dance film based on the project Saaraahka - Kvinnokraft
Founded by Nordic Culture Point, the Sami Parliament of Sweden and the Statens Kulturråd.
To read more about the project tap here.
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