Liet International
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Liet International (West Frisian: Liet Ynternasjonaal), formerly Liet-Lávlut, is an international music competition for songs in European minority and regional languages. The inaugural edition took place on 28 April 2002 as a spin-off of the West Frisian-language song contest Liet [fy; nl] (transl. 'Song'), held annually in Leeuwarden, Netherlands since 1991.
Liet International | |
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Genre | Song contest |
Frequency | Annually or bi-annually |
Years active | 2002 (2002)–present |
Inaugurated | 28 April 2002 (2002-04-28) |
Most recent | 13 May 2022 |
Patron(s) | Council of Europe |
Website | liet-international |
Since 2006, Liet International has been held in a different city each year. The 2006 and 2008 editions, held in the Swedish part of Sápmi, were titled Liet-Lávlut (lávlut is Northern Sami for 'sing'). The contest was cancelled in 2007 and 2013 when the hosting organisations, in Narbonne and Corsica respectively, backed out at a late stage, and in 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. No Liet International was held in 2005, 2015, 2016, 2019 or 2021.
Due to its similarities to the Eurovision Song Contest, the competition has been dubbed the 'Eurovision of minority languages'.[1] It has been organised under the auspices of the Council of Europe since 2008.