Gohppu/Guksi – Sami wooden cup
This is an example of the traditional Sami wooden cup and knife handicrafted by Jørn Are Keskitalo. The cups name is guksi or kuksa, kosa or gohppu. Or even other.
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Legacy of Johan Kaaven
Written by guestblogger Ove Kåven, Elin´s brother. On my mobile phone, I have a video of the first time a spirit managed to give me some sort of message. It was.
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Happy solstice and new year!
Last night the two of us celebrated the new year. We lit a fire, did some drumming, joiking and put intentions for the new year to come. The solstice is.
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Sami people – How can we contribute?
Many times I have experienced that on interviews – and otherwise talking to people, the main focus are all the tragic parts of the Sami history. They want me to.
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Realm of Sáivu
Sáivu can refer to many things. One of them is Sáivu as a another realm. The Sáivu-world is full of abundance and is much bigger and better than this world/dimension. .
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Beneath the Northern Lights
The Northern Lights, or Aurora Borealis are full of mystery, legends and magic. We live under the Northern Lights, and during longer stays away from the Arctic we have missed.
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Not ONE culture – but many
I often get questions about the sami people and sometimes its difficult to give an quick answer. It can be difficult to generalize Samis, and to give one straight answer,.
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Bieggaolmmái – An interesting trainride
Bieggaolmmái is the Sami wind-God. I believe in Bieggaolmmái, and can go further then that; I am convinced of his existense through my own experience. A direct translation of Bieggaolmmái.
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Shamanism – An introduction
The Sami people´s original form of spiritual practice is shamanism – like the rest of humanity. All indigenous peoples as far as we know have shamanic practices. The Sami people.
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“I am from Sápmi.”
When people ask me who am I and where I come from, I always answer that I am from Sápmi. Then they ask me if I am from Norway, Sweden.
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