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Within many performers invited to the Birgitta Festival in august 2011,
there was a group of very exotic guests almost from the other side of the world.
From the western coast of Canada, Northern part of Vancouver Island
came the Copper Maker Dancers who carry on the Kwakiutl Indians´ culture.
They performed some traditional sacred ceremonies of dance that are practiced
during the gift-giving festivals. Such festivities are called potlatch in kwakwala language.
The indigenous people of North-America shared with us their concern
about keeping the Kwakiutl culture and the kwakwala language alive.
They also shared the joy of demonstrating their ancestral songs and dances
and told us how they try to preserve their heritage and even make it flourish.