Tree Hugging World Championships
Set in the Halipuu Forest near Kittilä, this annual midnight-sun competition celebrates the well-being benefits of Finland's vast boreal forests by judging competitors on how well they hug a tree.
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"Finland's only festival dedicated to Sámi music, held since 2004 in the small village of Inari at the heart of Sápmi, presenting traditional joik and yoik alongside contemporary indigenous artists from across the Arctic."
Ijahis Idja
"The Lapland fell village of Pyhätunturi marks Juhannus with a lakeside kokko bonfire, a midnight-sun scenic lift ride to the summit of Kultakero fell and a traditional midsummer dance under the light of the nightless northern sky."
Pyhän Juhannusjuhla