Ummikkos
About losing roots and taking them back. What do your roots mean? What does your origin mean, if you have had to leave your culture behind? Who do you become if you are not allowed to speak your language or have never learned it? And is it possible to take your origin back?
Ummikkos is a newly written drama about the aspirations of the people of Tornedalen from the forties until today. Stories of personal destinies woven into a beautiful, sad and shocking story about fighting, being forced, or refusing to adapt, about being uprooted from one's roots. A fate shared by many Ummikkos around the world today.
Ummikko is Meänkieli for a person who does not speak the language of the surrounding area. A word for people from Tornedalen, Kvänen and Lantalaiset who have not been taught Meänkieli.
The performance is performed and subtitled in Swedish and Meänkieli.
Cast: Timo Nieminen, Klara Pasma, Nikolai Äystö, Margareta Stone.
The National Theatre in collaboration with Tornedalsteatern.
Organizer: Skellefteå National Theatre Association in collaboration with Västerbotten Theatre.
Game time: 1 hour 30 minutes
Already in the foyer, the audience is greeted by Tornedalska experiences for all the senses. Tornedalsteatern has been commissioned to create a knowledge-raising exhibition in connection with Ummikko's tour. "The Appetizer" as the exhibition is called is part of the reconciliation process between the state and the minority.