- past, the
origins of
joik are not do****ented.
According to oral traditions, the
fairies and
elves of the
arctic lands gave
joiks to the Sámi People. Just...
-
their own
joik,
sometimes given to them at birth,
which is seen as
personal to and
representative of them, like a name.
Purely folk
joiks have declined...
- importance. Some of
joiks are sung on
shamanistic rites; this
memory is
conserved also in a
folklore text (a
shaman story). Recently,
joiks have been sung...
- Norway, the Sami, are
known primarily for
highly spiritual songs called joik.
classical The
first Finnish opera was
written by the German-born composer...
- A
characteristic feature of Sámi
musical tradition is the
singing of
joik.
Joiks are song-chants and are
traditionally sung a cappella,
usually sung slowly...
-
wooden flutes and drums.
Sweden has a
significant folk-music scene. The
joik, a type of Sami music, is a
chant that is part of the
traditional Sami animistic...
-
characteristics of
joiks can be
explained by
comparing the
music ideals, as
observed in
joiks and
contrasted to
music ideals of
other cultures. Some
joiks intend...
- Wulfstan's
travel accounts used the Old
English Sconeg. The
earliest Sámi
joik texts written down
refer to the
world as Skadesi-suolu in
Northern Sámi and...
- 8
November 1956) is a
Norwegian Sámi singer. She
combined a form of Sámi
joik singing with rock. In 2008, she
became a
professor of
musicology at Nesna...
- Ida
Amanda "Maxida" Märak (born 17
September 1988) is a Swedish-Sámi
joik singer, hip hop musician,
actress and activist. Märak is a
human rights activist...
