page_title: Culture of the Faroe Islands
section_title: Handcrafts
hierarchical_section_title: Culture of the Faroe Islands / Handcrafts
caption_attribution_description: English: Fjarðastevna Rowing Cup 2012 in Vestmanna, Faroe Islands. This was the last race on Fjarðastevna, the largest Faroese boat types, which are used for rowing competitions, called in Faroese 10-mannafør. They were rowing 1000 meters here, when the fjord or bay is long enough they row a 2000 meter distance. 1. Klaksvíkingur 04:40.17 2. Suðuroyingur 04:41.14 3. Vestmenningur 04:42.22 4. Nólsoyingurin 04:54.24 5. Vestmannabáturin 05:03.05 Unknown
context_page_description: The culture of the Faroe Islands has its roots in the Nordic culture. The Faroe Islands were long isolated from the main cultural phases and movements that swept across parts of Europe. This means that they have maintained a great part of their traditional culture. The language spoken is Faroese. It is one of three insular Scandinavian languages descended from the Old Norse language spoken in Scandinavia in the Viking Age, the others being Icelandic and the extinct Norn, which is thought to have been mutually intelligible with Faroese. Until the 15th century, Faroese had a similar orthography to Icelandic and Norwegian, but after the Reformation in 1538, the ruling Danes outlawed its use in schools, churches and official documents. This maintained a rich spoken tradition, but for 300 years the language was not written down. This means that all poems and stories were handed down orally. These works were split into the following divisions: sagnir, ævintyr and kvæði. These were eventually written down in the 19th century mostly by Danish scholars.
context_section_description: Lace knitting is a traditional handcraft of peoples of the Faroe Islands. The most distinguishing characteristic of Faroese lace shawls is the center back gusset shaping.  Each shawl consists of two triangular side panels, a trapezoid-shaped back gusset, an edge treatment, and usually shoulder shaping.
caption: Kappróður is the Faroese word for rowing competition in wooden Faroese rowing boats. There are 7 regattas held around the islands every summer, where boats in different sizes compete. Here is the largest boat type 10-mannafør.
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