Treasure hunt

Treasure hunters!


Erna


Alf


Abdellah


Eirin


Heidi


The treasure was buried close to a river according to the myth


our directions were to cross the river




My father suggested to dig here..


confusion on directions, we needed to call our local guide..








we shall dig here..












so... did we find anything?

Pictures by Eirin Edvardsen, Abdellah Karroum and Heidi Nikolaisen

the expedition within expedition_8

Packing the car, ready to go treasure hunting, metal detector and all..


expeditioners : Abdellah Karroum, Heidi Nikolaisen and Eirin Edvardsen, my cousin the story teller

We are out to explore an old local myth about "Einar the rich", to try to find the treasure he once buried somewhere in Røyrvasseid. You can read about the myth here, in Eirin's web page, only in Norwegian though..




Eirin's father and my mother grew up in Røyrvasseid, so we've heard the story about the old Sami treasure all our lives. This is where they kept the potatoes. There is not much left of the old houses and buildings, the family left Røyrvasseid in 1960 to move to Straumen.








Myrull..




preparing some lunch at Røyrvatnet




Storytelling and lunch


















the old barn, can you see the undefined grey shadow in the old window? Eirin took this picture, but we didn't spot this until we got home..

pictures by Eirin Edvardsen, Abdellah Karroum and Heidi Nikolaisen

Sørfinnset - the nord land

Close to "the forgotten town" you find "the nord land" an art project developed by the artists Geir Tore Holm and Søssa Jørgensen. Since 2004 they have worked in the area with different art projects, collaborating with many artists and local people. Among things they have done in the area is to build a Thai house in collaboration with the artists Rirkrit Tiravanja and Kamin Lertchaiprasert. They have also built a "gamme" a traditional Sami building.




the Thai House


















the gamme






posing on reindeer skin