Sámi Joik - Nils Sara and Oddbjørg Hætta Sara at the Los Angeles Travel & Adventure Show

Visit Natives (Nils Sara and Oddbjørg Hætta Sara)
Los Angeles Travel and Adventure Show
Los Angeles, CA
Saturday, February 3, 2024
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Young Sami artists are currently bringing new life to one of Europe’s oldest song traditions.
“The joik is like swirls in the northern lights and wind on the mountain plateaus. I feel other-worldly when I joik.”
Passed down from generation to generation, the chanting song of the Sami people has survived through centuries. Some of the oldest joiks we know today were recorded by priests and missionaries in the 1700s and 1800s.
According to oral traditions, however, the Sami got their joik from fairies and elves of the Arctic lands. Joik used to be a vital tool for delivering knowledge and stories.
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Nils Sara
Nils is a native Sami reindeer herder from Kautokeino, Norway. He manages all the homestays in Norway and he welcomes guests to his home too. Nils has dreamed about sustainable indigenous tourism for a long time. He is very passionate about his work and he makes sure that all the homestays are made of high quality.
Oddbjørg Hætta Sara
Oddbjørg is Nils's wife and she is also a native Sami from Kautokeino, Norway. Besides her own day job as a teacher, Oddbjørg gives Visit Natives consultancy on issues involving the indigenous peoples and she is also our databank. If you don't know something, ask Oddbjørg!
Anniina Sandberg
Anniina is the founder of the Visit Natives. She has an MA in African Studies from the University of Helsinki. Her expertise is intercultural communication, indigenous cultures, and ethnography. She founded Visit Natives because she wanted to create her dream job where she can work with and help the indigenous peoples.