{"id":320322,"date":"2025-12-02T10:31:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T10:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/320322\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T10:31:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T10:31:18","slug":"celebration-revolution-as-pan-arctic-vision-rocks-iqaluit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/320322\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebration, revolution as Pan-Arctic Vision rocks Iqaluit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was a night of celebration with a hint of revolution in Iqaluit Saturday as Pan-Arctic Vision rocked Iqaluit.<\/p>\n<p>Nine performers, each representing a different Arctic region, wowed the audience at the cadet hall with their musical performances.<\/p>\n<p>Three prizes that were up for grabs for the best acts, which were voted on by both the in-person crowd and those who tuned into the broadcast online from locations such as Greenland, Alaska and Norway.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnbelievable,\u201d was how Ekaterina Savvinova, who performs as Saina, described winning the prize for\u00a0 the Most Arctic Song.<\/p>\n<p>Hailing from Yakutsk in eastern Russia, Saina\u2019s performance mixed throat singing, drumming and singing through a mouth harp.<\/p>\n<p>Ge\u00f0brig\u00f0i, a four-piece punk band from Iceland, took home the prize for Most Revolutionary Song with a rocking and scream-infused performance.<\/p>\n<p>Linus Johnsen, who is from S\u00e1pmi Region in northern Norway, won the prize for \u201csong that gives the most feeling of community and togetherness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/nunatsiaq.com\/ads\/251128-nwb-type-b\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"373\" height=\"331\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/251128.100.95_sidebar2.png\" class=\"no-lazy-load wp-post-image\" title=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of the warmest receptions any of the artists received Saturday was for Shauna Seeteenak.<\/p>\n<p>Originally from Baker Lake and now living in Iqaluit, Seeteenak was Nunavut\u2019s representative performer at the event after being selected during the Alianait Arts Festival earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>She delivered a moving rap performance, highlighting issues such as suicide, mental health and addiction.<\/p>\n<p>Iqaluit artist Laakkuluk Williamson emceed the event, which featured the consistent light of a qulliq, tended to by Naja Pearce.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond the nine competitors\u2019 performances, there were some bonus performances at the end, including a throat singing duo made up of Nancy Mike and Ivaluarjuk Kathleen Merritt, as well as a drum and singing performance by the Inuksuk Drum Dancers.<\/p>\n<p>Also, all nine acts from the main show got together on stage for a closing group performance.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/nunatsiaq.com\/ads\/251128-piviniit-society\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"373\" height=\"331\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/251128.100.94s.png\" class=\"no-lazy-load wp-post-image\" title=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pan-Arctic Vision will not return to Iqaluit next year. An audience vote resulted in the Faroe Islands being selected for the next event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was so nice to see the community of Iqaluit showing up and embracing the musicians, embracing the event,\u201d said Amund Sj\u00f8lie Sveen, Pan-Arctic Vision\u2019s director.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It was a night of celebration with a hint of revolution in Iqaluit Saturday as Pan-Arctic Vision rocked&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":320323,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[49,48,295,66],"class_list":{"0":"post-320322","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-environment","11":"tag-science"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=320322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320322\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/320323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=320322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=320322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=320322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}