Kaffemik

Denne weekend skulle vi gå i gang med at skrive praktiksynopsis. Ikke lige det mest spændende, men det var ok, fordi vejret var alligevel ikke til at være udenfor længe. Der er snevejr og mørkt og en stærk vind gär, at man kun kan kigge på jorden mens man går, fordi sneen føles som nåle, når den bliver blæst i ansigtet. -15 grader føles som -23. I går aftes blev jeg inviteret af to af mine kursister til at se film. Det var meget hyggeligt, selvom filmen nok ikke bliver min yndligsfilm ("Lila&Eve"). I dag blev studiedagen forskønnet ved invitationen til Kaffemik hos skolelederen og hans kone. Hendes søn, som i øvrigt ikke bor i Atammik, har fødselsdag i dag. Man plejer at holde kaffemik til hele bygden her. Man kommer bare når man har lyst, får en kop kaffe, noget at spise og så tager man hjem igen. Der var kaffemik flere gange de sidste uger, men det kræver lidt overvindelse bare at dukke op hos fremmede folk, det er i hvert fald lidt mærkeligt for mig. Men i dag var det med invitation, så det kunne jeg godt finde ud af med min tyske/danske baggrund:-D. Der var grønladsk 'proviant', som hun kaldte det - rensdyr, brunede kartofler, syltet hval, pasta salat med rejer og ærter, boller med tang og selvfølgelig også kaffe og kage. Alt var meget lækkert og jeg fik nogle gamle billder at se fra Grønland i 1930erne!

 

 Kaffemik

This weekend we had to start writing our assign- ment for the college. Not the most interesting thing in the world, but the weather wasn’t great for outdoor activities anyways, so it’s ok. It’s snowy and dark and a powerful wind makes it impossible to look up while walking, because the snow feels like tiny needles on the face. -15 degrees feel like -23 today. Saturday I was invited by some of my students to watch a movie. That was very nice, even though the movie (“Lila&Eve”) won’t become my new favorite movie. Yesterday our study day was sweetened by an invitation to a Greenlandic ‘Kaffemik’ at the principal’s. It’s his wife’s son birthday today. He doesn’t live in Atammik by the way, but anyways it is celebrated. Normally for kaffemik the house is open to all the people from the settlement all day. People can come when they please, get a cup of coffee, some food and then they go home again. There were a few kaffemiks during the last weeks, but it takes some courage to just show up at some stranger’s house, at least it feels weird for me. But today was with invitations, so I could deal with that with my German/Danish background. :D There was Greenlandic food – reindeer, pickled whale, sugared potatoes, pasta salad with shrimps and peas, buns with seaweed and of course coffee and cake. So delicious! I also got to see some old pictures of Greenland during the 1930s.