LÁVVU – SAMI TIPI/TEEPEE NOW AND BEFORE
The lávvu/ lávvo is a traditional sami dwelling. It is also used around the globe throughout Russia and North America. You could call it a Sami tipi. The lávvu, goahti.
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ILLEGAL TO BE SAMI – A PERFORMANCE
This week I am on a mini-tour with the dance and video performance “Arv/Heritage” produced by Stina Rávdná Lorås. This performance contains stories Stinas grandmother Agnethe Nikoline Margrethe Lorås Hansen.
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NEW GENERATION OF SÁMI FEMALE SINGERS
We see clearly that the generation that is growing up now has a whole new pride and impetus to be Sami, which their parents and grandparents did not have the.
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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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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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