MY DRUM TAUGHT ME TO YOIK
Photo: Fredrik Prost and I back in 2011 with the drum I built. I did not learn to joik in my childhood and I never thought that I would be joiking ever..
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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 GODS, GODDESSESS AND MYTHICAL ENTITIES
Here is a list of Sámi gods, goddesses and other mythical entities. So much has been forgotten about the Sami world view and beliefs and words over the years and.
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WHY THIS BLOG IS IN ENGLISH
This blog is in English so that as many people as possible understand what we write about. As Samis living in Norway with alot of foreign speaking friends and quiantances.
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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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