Monaco royal couple to visit Sapmi
The Sovereign Prince Albert II of Monaco will visit the Sami community Guovdageaidnu on a partially private trip together with Princess Charlene later this month.
The royal couple will take part in reindeer herding and stay in a lavvu in the tundra.
The Association of World Reindeer Herders, International Centre for Reindeer Husbandry and Guovdageaidnu municipality has invited Prince Albert to visit the Sámi village of Guovdageaidnu (Kautokeino) in March.
Prince Albert will at the same time appear at the World Indigenous Television Broadcasting Conference (WITBC) with a speech on adaption to climate change and protection of the Arctic.
The royal couple will meet with Sami youth from Norway, Finland, Sweden and Russia and discuss the changes that are going on in the Arctic.
“The Prince also has some special wishes during his trip and one of them is to stay in a lavvu up in the tundra”, says the mayor of Guovdageaidnu, Klemet Erland Hætta to NRK.
The Prince and Princess will both be staying in a traditional Sami tent, a lavvo, in the tundra will taking part in reindeer herding together with Sami reindeer herders. They are also going to a reindeer race in the Sámi village of Hetta in Finland.
Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation’s Sami Division this year hosts the World Indigenous Television Broadcasting Conference. It is arranged every second year by the World Indigenous Television Broadcasters Network. The aim of the conference is to create opportunities for Indigenous broadcasters to exchange views and experiences; and to encourage interaction and communication among Indigenous media worldwide.
Read more on the conference’s web site (in English).
