Samedagen

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Tonje Lyngvær

an image of a cross stitch pattern with different colors and shapes on the front, back and side

Neulo hurmaavat Lapin lapaset

Neulo hurmaavat Lapin lapaset | ET

an image of some kind of art that looks like it has been drawn in black ink

Reindeer symbols from Siberian Shaman drums:

a white refrigerator freezer covered in pictures and magnets

a wooden clock with native designs on it's face hanging from the side of a building

Sami drum, reindeer Farm, Inari, Finnish Lapland

Sami drum

a man in an elaborately decorated outfit holds a whip rope and looks at the camera

Man in Sami Norwegian national costume, Finnmark, North Norway

Worn by the Sami people, (also spelled Saami), one of the indigenous people of northern Europe inhabiting Sapmi, which today encompasses parts of northern Sweden, Norway, Finland and the Kola Peninsula of Russia, as well as the border area between south and middle Sweden. This form of clothing, known as gakti, is traditionally worn both in ceremonial contexts and while working, particularly when herding reindeer.

there are three buckets on the window sill and one has a card in it

several pieces of paper cut into squares with scissors and tape on the edges, all in different colors

samiske flagget klipp og lim

a stained glass christmas tree in front of a building with snow on the ground and trees behind it

a painting of people riding in sled pulled by reindeers and other animals on snow covered ground

Saami on their way to Church (1913) by Jenny Nyström

four different types of drawings with people on boats in the water and one is holding a flag

Shaman´s drum symbols in Scandinavia

Sarakka, Juksakka, and Uksakka. Sami goddesses. Akka-goddesses. In Sámi mythology, the first akka was Maderakka and her daughters were Sarakka, Uksakka and Juksakka. Some Sámi thought they lived under their kota tents. Sarakka helped during the pregnancy. Juksakka had a bow and she guided boys.

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a map of europe with the capital and major cities in red, labeled sapmi

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Sápmi, the land of the Sami .. the area the Sami call their land Sápmi and it is quite a large area; about the size of Sweden, but spread out over Sweden, Norway, Finland and Russian Kola Peninsula. The Sami inhabited the region long before the concept of national borders existed. Most experts agree that the Sami culture can be traced back to around 2000 to 2500 years.