Sámi music
Videos
In traditional Sámi music songs and joiks are important musical expressions of the Sámi people and Sámi languages. The Sámi also use a variety of musical instruments, some unique to the Sámi, some tra
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
Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, a Finnish-born Norwegian Sámi musician and writer, widely known for his joiks and poems
Wimme Saari, a Sámi joiker from Kelottijärvi, Enontekiö
Riddu Riđđu
Videos
Riddu Riđđu is an annual Sámi music and culture festival held in Olmmáivággi in the Gáivuotna Municipality in Norway. The goal of the festival is to bring forward both Sámi culture and that of other i
Riddu Riđđu as seen from above in 2019
Winner of the 2018 Young Artist of the Year Ánná Káisá Partapuoli
Ánde Somby from Vajas joiking at the festival in 2007
Mari Boine performing at the festival in 2006