Liet-Lavlut

Liet-Lavlut or Liet Ynternasjonaal is an annual festival for musicians who speak any of Europe's minority languages that was held the first time in Friesland in 2002. The festival has been held four times, with the latest being on October 14, 2006 in Östersund, Sweden. This was the first time that the festival was held in the Nordic countries. The goal of the festival is to boost interest in Europe's minority languages, especially with young people.

Liet-Lavlut 2006

Since the Sámi had won two out of the three competitions, the festival was held in Östersund, Sweden, which is the southern reaches of the area, Sápmi, that the Sámi live in in the Nordic Countries. Sixty competitors, singing in 25 minority languages, took part in the preliminary elimination round. Eleven songs, representing 11 languages, were selected for the final competition.

Although the winner was selected by the festival's jury, the audience could vote for their favorite artist at the festival, on the Internet and by SMS message. The Sámi duo of Johan Kitti from Sweden and Ellen Sara Bæhr from Norway won the competition with "Luđiin muitalan", sung in Northern Sámi. The audience favorite was Liza Pannetier, with her song in Occitan, "Soleu Roge".

Entries in the order they were performed

Liet-Lavlut 2008

A call for new songs was announced on the Liet-Lavlut website February 14, 2008 for this year's festival, which is scheduled to take place on October 18 in Luleå, Sweden.

Links

[http://www.liet.nl Official Site]