Anna Morottaja, also known as Karhu-Pekan Anna, is an Inari Saami musician living in Inari who livđes, yoiks and sings. Livđe, the musical tradition of the Inari Saami community, consisting of fewer than a thousand people today, is different from the better-known North Saami yoik tradition.

Much like the Inari Saami language, the livđe tradition nearly died out in the 20th century, but in the early 2000s, livđe recorded by Anna Morottaja's great aunt, Anna Briitta Mattus, were fortunately found in archives. Anna Morottaja began to look into them and, as a result of this work, released the first livđe album in history in 2022.

Livđe draws an image of a whole person, or sometimes an animal, through using the voice rather than a verbal narrative. The programme of the Livđen lumo ('Enchanting Livđe') concert mainly consists of livđe by Anna Briitta Mattus, which are provided with context by stories about the people behind the songs. Traditionally, livđe is unaccompanied, but the extensive instrumental skills of the Tallari group and the carefully planned arrangements support the traditional expression wonderfully.

Anna Morottaja, livđe
Katri Haukilahti, violin, keyed fiddle
Sampo Korva, harmonium, guitar, etc.
Arto Järvelä, double bass, cittern, gogo-marimba
Esko Järvelä, violin, mandolin

Duration 1 h 35 min, icluding intermission

Anna Morottaja & Tallari: Livđen lumo

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