Visited the SAMI Culture Centre in Karasjok (Norway). The Sami people (known in English as Lapps or Laplanders) are the indigenous people inhabiting the Arctic area of Sampi - which covers parts of far northern Norway, Sweden, Finland and the Kola Peninsula of Russia. In Karasjok 90% of the town speak the indigenous language and it is also the town where the Norwegian Sami parliament is located.
The Centre had excellent video presentation and an area where traditional shelters etc were built.
The traditional "yoik" is a combination of using your voice both to sing the lyric and to use it as an instrument. Sami Mythology recalls that the entire world came from a reindeer and strings connect everything in nature. The stars came from the reindeer's eyes and the Northern Lights are the "light" from all those who have died.
The Centre had excellent video presentation and an area where traditional shelters etc were built.
The traditional "yoik" is a combination of using your voice both to sing the lyric and to use it as an instrument. Sami Mythology recalls that the entire world came from a reindeer and strings connect everything in nature. The stars came from the reindeer's eyes and the Northern Lights are the "light" from all those who have died.
