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... ja sii [Nanook] bohtet ge Sápmái vuosttaš geardde čuojahit
[... and they [Nanook] are also coming to Sápmi for the first time to play] - ↑ "Riddu Riđđu 2015: Iešguđetlágan artisttat" [Riddu Riđđu 2015: Various Artists]. Ávvir (in Northern Sami). Vol. 8, no. 126. 10 July 2015. p. 7.
Dan maŋŋel lávke Ruonáeatnama joavku Nanook lávddi ala...
[Afterwards, the Greenlandic group Nanook stepped up on stage...]
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