REPPARFJORDEN DOESNT NEED SAVING – HUMANS DO.
The banners say « Save the fjords». But who really need saving are the people… The Norwegian government just made the decision to open a copper mine in Repparfjorden, in.
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Historical facts and teachings.
WHY LEARN ABOUT SAMI CULTURE?
Why learn about sami culture if you are not Sami? Once when we mentioned something about the Sami culture, an aquientance openly stated that he didnt like culture. His reason.
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A SAMI FINDING BACK TO HIS ROOTS IN MONGOLIA
Since I was a kid I had a dream to go to Mongolia and Siberia, to get to know the nature there, meet the shamans and ride on reindeers (they.
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SAMI SOGA LÁVLLA – THE SAMI ANTHEM
The lyrics to the Sami Anthem is the poem Sámi soga lávlla written by Isak Saba. He was a Norwegian school teacher and a researcher of Sami folklore and politics from Unjárga, Norway. The poem.
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THE SAMI FLAG – “SAMI ARE THE CHILDREN OF THE SUN”
The Sami flag is the flag of all Sami, no matter what country they live in. The Sami flag represents the Sami people and Sápmi, and it carries the Sami.
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THE SAMI LANGUAGES – AND 200 WORDS FOR SNOW AND ICE.
The Sami language is Uralic, usually referred to as Finno-Ugric. That means its related to Finnish, Estonian a few indigenous languages in western Siberia, and Hungarian. However recently in Hungary.
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THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE SAMI AND THE REINDEER
The legend says that there is an old agreement between the Sami people and the reindeer. This agreement mas made when the Sami people started taming the reindeer, and not.
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Lapponia – one of the first written documents about Sami people
Lapponia is the oldest document about Sami spirituality. It was written by Johannes Schefferus in 1673. The Chancellor Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie wanted to present a document about the.
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Sieidi – a holy rock
Sieidi is a holy rock or an other type of peculiar formation in nature that is found throughout Sápmi. Holy formations all over the world have in common that they.
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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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