Following the Sami reindeer herders in Norway as they deal with the effects of the warming tundra.
The Sami of Northern Europe – one people, four countries
There
are over 370 million indigenous people in some 90 countries, living in
all regions of the world.
The Sami are the indigenous people living in
the very north of Europe, in Sápmi, which stretches across the northern
parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland and the Kola Peninsula.
They are a
minority in today’s Finland, Russia, Sweden and Norway, but a majority
in the innermost parts of Finnmark county in Norway and in the
municipality of Utsjoki in Finland.
However, although regarded as one
people, there are several kinds of Sami based on their patterns of
settlement and how they sustain themselves.
Furthermore, their rights
and general situation differ considerably depending on the nation state
within which they live.
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VIKING COUNTRY
For Scandinavia's most thrilling sightseeing, we sail under towering
fjord cliffs, hike on powerful glaciers, and find surviving traditions
in remote farm hamlets. Then we delve into the Hanseatic heritage and
enjoy the salty hospitality of Norway's historic capital, Bergen.
Fun for all the children of the world with Dr. Dodiddily and the Dee Dot's
A little bit about myself and my Sisters
Kath, (far left) Sylvia, blonde (middle) Dorothy (me far right) Amy (Toni, in front)
Dr. Dodiddily is one of four sisters. First there is my sister Sylvia, she is the eldest and the smallest. Then there is my sister Toni(Amy)
she is two years younger than Sylvia, Toni lives in Kent. The next
one born in 1944 was Dorothy, yes my lovelies this is my real name. I am
three years younger than Toni. One more to come and that is my sister
Kathleen, she is the baby of the family and she is four years younger
then myself.
We couldn never hand our cloths down to each other, we were all very
different sizes, and anyone coming after me wouldn't have been able to
wear anything I was such a tom-boy and thing were worn out long
before Kath could have them.
This is a very old picture of the four of us taken in Coed Poeth in North
Wales, way back in 1952/3. Gosh I am an Ancient Dragon, aren't I ! xxx.
This
is myself and my sisters in 1979 just 26 years later, we are with our
mother who like myself was called Dorothy. We are from left to right
Sylvia, Toni, My Mum, Dorothy (me) Kathleen.
Jayden, Noah Rhys, Brodie Leigh with Diddily in the background you can just see my grey hair.
Summer 2014 in the back garden at my home in Pontybodkin another 35 years later.
Saami Musical Tribute
Here is a beautiful song, "Gula Gula", by Norway's greatest Saami singer, Mari Boine. Mari
Boine Persen is known for having added jazz and rock to the yoiks
(traditional singing style) of her native people. Boine (born in 1956)
grew up amidst discrimination against her people. She was asked to
perform at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, but refused because
she perceived the invitation as an attempt to bring a token minority to
the ceremonies. "Gula Gula" (1989) was her breakthrough release (her
album was discovered by Peter Gabriel), and she continued to record
popular albums throughout the 1990's. She is gifted with a magnificent
voice, highly delicate and able to reach an absolutely phenomenal
guttural power. Enjoy this little tribute to the great and beautiful Sami song
