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Lappish Joik Songs from Northern Norway

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Lappish Joik Songs from Northern Norway

In the Northern tundra region of Norway, Finland, and Sweden live the nomadic reindeer herding Sámi people. This 1956 Folkways release and its accompanying liner notes chronicle the various forms of yoik, a traditional form of music of the Sámi. Though yoiking is primarily comprised of vocables set to fixed melodies, short descriptive sentences and names are sometimes interspersed.

*Content Advisory: Marko Jouste of the Saami Culture Archive suggests that a more appropriate title for this album would be Sámi Yoiks from Northern Norway, adding 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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Track Listing

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Per Henderak Haetta
00:37
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102
Per Henderak Haetta
00:41
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103
Per Henderak Haetta
00:33
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104
Per Henderak Haetta
00:25
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105
Per Henderak Haetta
00:26
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106
Per Henderak Haetta
00:30
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107
Per Henderak Haetta
00:32
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108
Per Henderak Haetta
00:44
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109
Per Henderak Haetta
00:49
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110
Per Henderak Haetta
00:44
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111
Per Henderak Haetta
00:39
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112
Per Henderak Haetta
00:46
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113
Per Henderak Haetta
00:46
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114
Per Henderak Haetta
00:37
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115
Per Henderak Haetta
00:35
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116
Per Henderak Haetta
00:43
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117
Per Henderak Haetta
00:35
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118
Per Henderak Haetta
00:51
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119
Per Henderak Haetta
00:52
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120
Per Henderak Haetta
00:39
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121
Per Henderak Haetta
00:40
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122
Per Henderak Haetta
00:52
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123
Henrik Buljo
00:52
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124
Henrik Buljo
00:55
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125
Inga Susanne Haetta
00:29
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126
Inga Susanne Haetta
00:51
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127
Inga Susanne Haetta
00:32
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128
Mathis N. Haetta
00:21
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129
Mathis N. Haetta
00:35
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130
Mathis N. Haetta
00:49
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131
Mathis N. Haetta
00:47
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132
Mathis N. Haetta
00:51
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201
Inga Susanne Haetta
00:38
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202
Inga Susanne Haetta
00:28
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203
Inga Susanne Haetta
00:40
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204
Inga M. Haetta
00:51
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205
Nils N. Haetta
00:58
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206
Nils N. Haetta
00:52
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207
Nils N. Haetta
01:14
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208
Nils N. Eira
01:00
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209
Inga Kemi
00:31
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210
Ašlak Bals
01:35
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211
Ašlak Bals
00:29
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212
Ašlak Bals
01:04
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213
Ašlak Bals
00:49
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214
Ellen Marja Mathis Eira
00:45
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215
Ellen Marja Mathis Eira
00:34
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216
Ellen Marja Mathis Eira
00:31
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217
Nils N. Eira
00:17
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218
Mikkel Eira
01:04
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219
Mikkel Eira
00:35
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220
Mikkel Eira
00:46
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221
Nils N. Eira
00:51
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222
Ašlak Bals
01:47
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223
Ašlak Bals
01:38
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224
Ellen Marja Mathis Eira and Ašslak Bals
01:08
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225
Inga Kemi and Ašlak Bals
00:41
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Inga Kemi and Ašlak Bals
00:39