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Sámi soga lávlla (English: Song of the Sami Family/People) is the anthem of the Sámi people. The text was written by Isak Saba, and Arne Sørli composed the music. Originally a poem, it was first published in the Sámi newspaper Saǥai Muittalægje on 1 April 1906. [1] [2] Sámi soga lávlla has been translated into most of the Sámi languages.
The Sami verb for presenting a joik (e.g. Northern Sami juoigat) is a transitive verb, which is often interpreted as indicating that a joik is not a song about the person or place, but that the joiker is attempting to evoke or depict that person or place through song – one joiks one's friend, not about one's friend (similarly to how one doesn ...
Sami Yusuf (born 21 July 1980) is a British singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and composer of Azerbaijani descent. [6] He gained international attention with the release of his debut album, Al-Muʽallim , in 2003. [ 7 ]
A Nordic Sámi woman playing Lur horn in the evening. A wood cut made by Emma Edwall after nature in the mid-1800s. Sámi drum. In traditional Sámi music songs (e.g. Kvad [1] and Leudd songs [2]) and joiks are important musical expressions of the Sámi people and Sámi languages.
Salaam is the fourth official studio album by Sami Yusuf, that was released on December 22, 2012. The physical version was released on December 22, while the digital version was released on December 24. South East Asia and Middle East and North Africa (MENA) received the album before it was released worldwide. [1]
Gula Gula: Hør Stammødrenes Stemme ("Listen, Listen: Hear the Voice of the Foremothers") is an album by the Sámi singer Mari Boine, recorded in 1989 and released on the Iđut label. It provided her breakthrough, making her internationally famous.
The video clip shot for the song featured a wolf breaking free from its cage and running into the forest. Besides the single CD the song was included on the band's first full-length album Idja (Night in Northern Sámi, 1999) as well. The band released another album, Shamániac, in 2002. [4]
The words of the song were performed in Norwegian by Sverre Kjelsberg, while Mattis Hætta contributed with the yoik chorus – a Sami form of vocal music without words; the title of the song is however in the Northern Sami language, translating as "Sami Land" or "Sami Soil". There are no actual Sami words in the yoik chorus – instead, the ...