SAMI

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Music: Digital Horizon
Edited by: Ihana Suloinen

The Sami people live in an area called Sápmi, which today covers northern parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, And the Murmansk oblast of Russia. They speak a group of 9 Sami languages known as Ume, Pite, Lule, Skolt, Inari, Kildin, Ter, Northern, and Southern. Kemi Sami went extinct in the 19th century. They are well known for reindeer herding, but they have pursued a variety of livelihoods, including coastal fishing, fur trapping, and sheep herding. Sami have historically been known, in English as the lapps or the laplanders, which have a derogatory implication. In Scandinavia because a lapp is a piece of cloth sewn to cover damaged garments. They call themselves Sámit or Sápmelaš (Sámi kin). Sámit means land folk and is a cognate of Suomi (Finnic), Zēmē (Baltic) , Zemlja (Slavic).

The Last Generation? – Sami Reindeer Herders in Swedish Lapland, Documentary

Sami Brookes' audition - The X Factor 2011

Видео SAMI канала Ihana Suloinen