GIRJÁI - a decolonial queer utopia
Three more performances left at @caisahelsinki
12.09. at 19
13.09. at 19
14.09. at 19
Tickets: 10/15€ from Lippu.fi, we have a small guestlist - BIPOC queers can DM us for them. 💌
I think these might be the last ones for a while in Helsinki💖
Supported by: @saamicouncil@nordiskkulturkontakt@koneensaatio
Picture by @aleksikolmonen
Cover from @sofiajannok ’s song We are still here, by @pessiyoste & me
Everyday is for a FREE P4LESTINE. Every day things are getting worse. But we won’t give up, we won’t shut up!!! We’ll keep fighting until P4lestine will be one and free!! 🇵🇸🕊️❤️🩹
An evening for Gaza -solidarity concert, 26th of Feb 2024 at @tavastiaklubi organized by @sumud.fi
Thanks to all the organizers, all the ppl who made this concert happen, who participated with helping! Was a pleasure to be there. We’ll keep fighting! ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉
See you tommorrow at the demo in Helsinki! Join Sumud! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Photo creds:
1&5: @kelmihelmi
2: @norasayyad
3,4,6 & 7: @satusod
ČSV means Show The Sámi Spirit aka LAND BACK EVERYWHERE! Fellow sámis join @vapaapalestiinasaamenmaa !!!
GIRJÁI NEXT STOP: OULU!!
Performances & dreaming workshops
27.-29.3.2026
at the Oulu University of Applied Sciences @oamk_ouas
FREE ADMISSION! COME TO DREAM WITH US! BOAĐE NIEGADIT MINGUIN!
More info and reservations: tapahtuma.oamk.fi/girjai
LET’S GO!!!
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Huikee meno Vantaa ja Lounge of Auer! Kiitti sikana olitte hyvä yleisö 😜
Nähään keikoilla pian!!
❤️: Robbari
Robiner4ever<3 -edition by @ritnitears
Taustatanssijat @bretzrockangelz@juxasin@sara_majja
Lounge of Auer by @houseofauer
Ritni Tears (@ritnitears ) (he/him) isn’t just performing–he’s telling Indigenous stories in bold, radical new ways. A queer, trans, Deanu River Sámi storyteller and artist, Ritni works through drag, dance, choreography, and writing to challenge colonial erasure and celebrate Sámi resilience.
He’s committed to sustainable, accessible drag across Sápmi ("Northern Scandinavia"). Starting in Berlin in 2022 with the fuckboizband Hot Compost, he now tours with Indigenous Drag Excellence XXL and Girjái, a decolonial dreaming project rooted in Sámi storytelling. In drag, he embraces all pronouns–he, they, she—reflecting its playful, fluid, expansive nature.
In his conversation with The Magazine, Ritni discusses: 🪶 Carrying forward Sámi storytelling traditions through drag, yoik, dance, and collaborative dreaming.
✊🏽 Creating spaces for rest, joy, and collective resistance in times of crisis.
🌎 Building sustainable, accessible, and decolonial art practices in Sápmi and beyond.
Read the full interview in The Magazine–link in bio to read, subscribe, or support.
#DBIWP25 #Pride
IMAGE DESCRIPTIONS:
Slide 1: A photo of Ritni and text that reads: “Sámi Storyteller and Performer | The Magazine | Interview with Ritni Tears “ Slide 2: A bio of Ritni. Slide 3: A quote from Ritni. Slide 4: The DBIWP logo, a QR code and text that reads: “support our mission: crushingcolonialism.org/subscribe”
🇬🇱Máret Ásllat Ivvár Ovllá Nilla Ritni Ráste, tassa Ritni Ráste Pieski (Ritni Tears atorlugu saqqummersarpoq) Deanu-kuani Saamit oqaluttuartartuisa ilaagaat, drag-performereq, koreograafeq, qitilluni aliikkusersuisartoq. Ritni ineriartortitsinermi eqqarsaasersorneq, nunasiaataajunnaarsarneq (dekolonialisering), silarsuaartitsineq, queer-iusumik eqqarsarneq aammalu quianartuliorneq aqqutigalugit suliaqartarpoq.
Sinnattuaqineq
Uani workshoppimi sinnattuaqatigiinnermut takorluuinermullu qaaqqusivoq, siunissamut nunasiaataanerup qaangiunneranik - siunissaq naqisimanertaqanngitsoq.
Tassani piviusumi nutaami qanoq periuseqassaagut? Suut oqaluttuat, aporfiit misilittakkallu puttutissappat ataatsimoorluta aaqqikkiartornitsinni?
Workshoppip iluani assigiinngitsunik kisimiilluni ataatsimoorluniluunnuit sinnattuaqinernik takorluuinernillu imaqarumaarpoq, apeqqutaallutik suut pisariaqartinneqarumaarnersut.
Peqataaneq akeqanngilaq, Katuami Ikinngutigiit Inanni ingerlanneqarumaarluni 🥰
🇬🇧Máret Ásllat Ivvár Ovllá Nilla Ritni Ráste, Ritni Ráste Pieski aka Ritni Tears is a Deanu river sámi storyteller, drag artist, choreographer, dancer and performer. He is busy with decoloniality, radical dreaming, queering and humour.
Dreaming session
The workshop invites us to dream and envision a post-decolonial futures—one where structural oppression no longer exists. What role would we each play in this new reality? What stories, struggles and experiences would emerge as part of our collective healing process?
The workshop consists of different dreaming exercises that can be done both individually and collectively based on the needs.
Participation is free, and will be held at the Friendship Hall in Katuaq 🥰
🔥🏳️🌈Ritni Tears - Drag Show🏳️🌈🔥
Ritni Tears, Drag Show 28. Juni 2025 paradinnginnermi Killut silataani tamanut ammasumik aliikkusersuissaaq, unnukkullu Killuni AfterPridemi 18+ aamma aliikkusersuissalluni🤩🔥
Go see Ritni Tears pre-parade Drag Show with free entrance on the 28th of June 2025 outside of Killut. There’s also going to be an After Pride show in Killut for those over the age of 18 🤩🔥
Ritni Tears pillugu paasisaqarnerugit: / read more about Ritni Tears here:
🇬🇱Máret Ásllat Ivvár Ovllá Nilla Ritni Ráste, tassa Ritni Ráste Pieski (Ritni Tears atorlugu saqqummersarpoq) Deanu-kuani Saamit oqaluttuartartuisa ilaagaat, drag-performereq, koreograafeq, qitilluni aliikkusersuisartoq. Ritni ineriartortitsinermi eqqarsaasersorneq, nunasiaataajunnaarsarneq (dekolonialisering), silarsuaartitsineq, queer-iusumik eqqarsarneq aammalu quianartuliorneq aqqutigalugit suliaqartarpoq.
Ritni Tearsip suliaa kingulleq; Indigenous Drag Excellence XXL kiisalu Girjái – dekolonialiseringimik queer-iusumik nuannersumik ilusilersugaq.
Assigiinngitsunik suliaqartarnerata saniatigut, Ritni Tears Saamit nunaanni Queeriunerup unammillernartui pillugit qaammarsaaqataallunilu suliaqarpoq. Assersuutigalugu 2021-mi Sápmi Pride Ohcejohkami, Sápmimi ingerlanneqartumi aaqqissuussisuunikuulluni.
🇬🇧Máret Ásllat Ivvár Ovllá Nilla Ritni Ráste, Ritni Ráste Pieski aka Ritni Tears is a Deanu river sámi storyteller, drag artist, choreographer, dancer and performer. He is busy with decoloniality, radical dreaming, queering and humour. Pieski’s most recent works include Indigenous Drag Excellence XXL and Girjái - a decolonial queer utopia. Amongst being an artist, Ritni Ráste has been particularly active in Queer Sámi issues within his community, for example as the main organizer of Sápmi Pride 2021 in Ohcejohka, Sápmi.
Takuss🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🥰🥰🥰
