Artworks from jewellery to paintings are displayed at the art museum as well along the pier wall that extends from downtown Gimli into the lake, and traditional
Icelandic dishes are offered. A reenactment of a
Norse shield wall battle is also held each day, being accompanied by an interactive Norse village where the
reenactors perform tasks such as
blacksmithing,
crafting, and
sewing. The festival has a tradition of selecting a woman to be the ('Maid of the Mountain'), wherein the
Fjallkona is Iceland, and her children are the Icelanders. At the festival, the selected woman sits on her elevated throne, clad in a formal Icelandic costume of a white gown, green robe with
ermine, golden belt, high-crowned headdress, and white veil falling over the shoulders to the waist. Two
maids of honour, formerly clad in plain Icelandic costume with tasseled skullcaps, are dressed in white. In former years, these maids of honour were known as Miss Canada and Miss America. == See also ==