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Lappish Joik Songs from Northern Norway - Song about a Man / Song about a Cow (medley)

Per Henderak Haetta/Mathis N. Haetta
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Lappish Joik Songs from Northern Norway - Song about a Man / Song about a Cow (medley)
*Content Advisory: Marko Jouste of the Saami Culture Archive explains that "the terms ‘Lapp’ and ‘Lappish’ were imposed by non-Sámi people, and are considered to have a negative meaning." Jouste continues, “yoiks (or joiks) are not ‘songs’ in the Sámi music terminology. The term ‘song’ (lávlla in North Sámi) refers to a Western-type song. The term for a particular yoik is luohti. Sometimes also a term juoiggus can be used, derived from the verb juoigat (“to yoik”). So, calling a yoik a song is quite misleading, since these two categories of vocal music are different, per se."
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