OTTERS IN THE OLD SÁMI TIMES
Another curiosity from the old times is regarding otters. As far back as I can remember when I was a kid, I always dreamt about having an otter as a.
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Historical facts and teachings.
STÁINNAK – A HOLY REINDEER
Back in the old times, before the 60s when the engines started to arrive here in Sapmi and enter the reindeer herding. We Samis had a closer relationship with nature.
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SAMI FOLKLORE – “IN THE HOUSE OF ULDA”
In house of the Ulda – (the underground peope/ the hidden people/one of the sáivu-people) Read about the realm of Saivu here. The underground people are richer than people living.
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MY BIRCH SPRING EXPERIMENT
Birch is one of the most common trees in Scandinavia and has so many uses it is impossible to list them all… But lets give you an idea: burning wood,.
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SAMI FILMS PLAYLIST ON YOUTUBE
There are quite a few videos about the Sami people on YouTube. Here are some of the ones we think are are great footage.
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WHEN THE YOIK CAME TO ME
Written by guestblogger Stéphane Aubinet, a researcher from Belgium. The yoik first came to me long before I started to do “research” about it, when I was a teenager living.
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SAMI NAMES
Gárdin-Ingá to the right, and her friend at Gárdin Mountainhouse in Karasjok. Most of the Sami people use two names nowadays, – the Sami and the registered name. But the.
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THEY DONT KNOW WHO WE ARE, BUT THEY DONT KNOW WHO THEY ARE, SO WE DONT KNOW WHO THEY ARE, BUT DO WE KNOW WHO WE ARE?
Photo: A view from the first printed map of the Nordic countries, designed by Olaus Magnus and published in Venice in 1539. Carta Marina by Olaus Magnus / Northern Lights.
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IS IT OK FOR DAŽA TO YOIK?
The later years I have met more and more people who are interested in joiking. Both Sami people and daža (non-samis) want to learn and know more about what joiking.
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