Yoik of the Wind

The yoik is a unique form of cultural expression for the Sami people in the North of Sweden. The songs are not merely descriptive, but yearn to capture the subject in its living sense. It is not about something, it is that something. It does not begin and it does not end. Like the wind.
Sofia has been performing since she was 11. She enjoys blending influences from jazz, pop and yoik and describes her own music as "dancing somewhere between the mystic of the northern light and the warmth of the comforting fire. I am inspired by the vastness of the land, the people and the meetings between these elements."

[@pineridgelakota8108]

It's because of videos like this that my culture stays alive. Sofia is awesome and a true daughter to her people.

[@RATGUTZZ]

I'm trying to get in touch with my blood. My great grandmother was 100% Norwegian Sámi. I'm not sure what happened by the time I was born but almost all of the tradition and language was lost, especially since I grew up in a Christian household in the states. My great great grandparents lived in homes built from the forest around them amongst the animals. I apologize for talking a lot I tend to do that haha. This is beautiful and I really enjoyed it. I wish to learn joik eventually.

[@hhorror]

Colonialism is what happened, mate. The great eraser of life. Keep resisting. Keep following that curiosity. Keep tracing back those roots, even if the threads you pick up feel awkward and foreign at first. May your ancestors guide you.

[@idontexist7453]

My mom is 100% and I am the first in our family since my great-great grandma to wear a gákti. It feels great to reconnect with who we really are.

[@wegfarir1963]

Could you talk some more to us?

[@michaelkoch6021]

Me too, family.

[@svenjorgensen3059]

My grandma was born 1914, in North Dakota, spoke only Norwegian until about 14/15 years old. They were 100% self-sufficient farm. Her parents were immigrated from a farm near Lapland/ Lillehammer Norway. She moved to Minneapolis and speaking Norwegian & keeping traditions were frowned upon. So she never passed the language & traditions down except for some food.

[@sebathadah1559]

this stuff has roots deep within prehistoric european history. to get to hear it today is just amazing.

[@StaminatorBlader]

well the culture is asian in origin but yeah we are all one in the end

[@KS-yn5zw]

@@StaminatorBlader THERE IS SAMMI EUROPEANS AND ASIANS

[@StaminatorBlader]

@@KS-yn5zw did you read what i said or are just replying to an imaginary comment? the CULTURE is of asian ORIGIN...

[@KS-yn5zw]

@@StaminatorBlader I read about that

[@Erkele]

@@KS-yn5zw mikä saatanan "sammi"?

[@pakak8rain]

I am really beginning to adore Saami culture. This is simply beautiful.

[@galaxystudios5822]

Thank you my dear :)

[@hhorror]

Evokes those wild landscapes in such a visceral way. The ancestors are smiling on this one.

[@TheEnAheL]

They sure are ;)

[@user-zs3nm9sh4k]

The severe beauty of the North...

[@PiscineBabylonienne]

The singer is Sofia Jannok, a well known sami singer, stop saying bullshit, samis have only around 6% of their genetics that come from Asia, and in majority from Yakuts people.

[@BainPlays]

@@PiscineBabylonienne ...did...did you forget the sámi people live in the far north?

[@PiscineBabylonienne]

@@BainPlays I was answering to a previous and deleted commentary lmao

[@megaloblabber2948]

@@PiscineBabylonienne yakuts are from asia tho *face palm*

[@PiscineBabylonienne]

@@megaloblabber2948 THE COMMENT HAS BEEN DELETED FFS

[@eddiejhayes3347]

Great! Our ancestors were so close to mother earth; What a deep and moving sound; It evokes a functional reaction within ones organ tissue, similar to a wolf's call in the dark of night.

[@Evanderj]

That is a profound description

[@benjamindavey4782]

You guys have a cool culture. Hope you all keep it alive inside yourselves.

[@BinroWasRight]

This speaks directly to my wild heart. Huge love and respect to the Sámi and all Indigenous people around the world.

[@DerafsheKavian]

Long live Sami nation and its beautiful culture. I hope the Sami way of life will endure and I sure hope some sort of administrative Samiland, not dissected by national borders, can be established across northern Scandinavia.

[@Jmvars]

Yeah but it's just a region across the four countries the Sami inhabit. It has no administrative rights, just certain "rules" set in place meant to protect the Sami way of life.

[@LocoBride]

Sapmi!

[@PlanetZelka]

DerafsheKavian I wish the same for the Kurds!

[@Jmvars]

You forgot Sweden.

[@frisianmouve]

Never going to happen, they're a minority in their own region

[@visionvixxen]

Hearing this makes me feel so light and happy… timeless

[@normanhull6696]

When I can't sleep I come here and I find peace. Thank you for keeping this beautiful tradition alive.

[@Weonlyknewoneway]

Magical 🧝‍♀️ . Love you Sami brothers n sisters. Be proud of who you are and what you have. For most of the world has lost what you still possess. ♥

[@janhenrikh]

This Sami joik is a copy of the original version and personal joik/ chant of the the sami reindeer herder of Mikkel Mikkelsen Buljo, "Mihkkelas Mihkkal" fram Kautokeino, Norway.

[@katewilmot4375]

I just found out about the Sami today too, so beautiful. I am blessed by this music and I am a conventional opera singer but this is just so free, resonant and totaly exquisite! Just like the wind

[@galaxystudios5822]

Thank you

[@joshingaboutwithjosh]

i used to do this when i was a kid in the forest there wasn't a word for it though because i live england though sami are truly a kind mannered people

[@milliegoodwin9540]

Fellow English person here, I used to do this too! I'd also do a lot of kulning style singing/ humming without having a word for that either

[@sleekoduck]

The Sami are related to the Britons and Scottish people in the UK. Maybe you have a Celtic (kind of a misnomer) soul.

[@nofacenocase3]

I'm sami myself, and have lived in the areas where they are from. The culture is something for itself, but many sami are alcoholics now. It became that way after they forced all the sami to abandon their culture and started selling them strong alcoholic spirits in the 1900s

[@benjamincoakley9871]

@@sleekoduck the Sámi are the native people of Scandinavia that migrated from Mongolia around 2,500-12,000 years ago.

[@cloudberries]

Sleekoduck (just because this is the internet and some people are rude i want to add a disclaimer-i don’t mean this in any bad way just a kind correction) I am not sure where you got the idea that Sámi are related to Britons and Scottish folks but that’s unfortunately not true. I’m Sámi and we are pretty genetically distinct from all groups of Europeans, especially Scottish and Britons. Do you have any sources on this?

[@cloudberries]

Long live Sámis ❤️💚💛💙 Ollu giitu, Sofia

[@sweets9413]

I'm so PROUD to be Sea Sámi!!! Love listening to you joik!!

[@sweets9413]

Mun ráhkistan leat mearra Sámi

[@kazuza9]

my first time I hear about the sami nation. may you all be blessed for ever. thank you for the beautiful music

[@sueparlby8170]

This is just SO incredibly beautiful, powerful and elemental. I don't like wind, it makes me grumpy but this will change my relationship to it. Thank you.

[@hepno]

I absolutely love Sami culture, so beautiful.

[@deannafriesen243]

Gorgeous...from a Plains Cree Woman in Canada.

[@КошачьеРебро]

Лучший йойк у Софии Яннок... С её помощью и узнала о происхождении столь дивного саамского песнопения. Горестно, ибо сейчас она реже проявляет себя на сцене. Хочется, чтобы весь мир прознал о её редком таланте!!!!!!!!!

[@Valhalla1522]

Haunting & reflective... brought me to tears. Beautiful.

[@rupertrozells5253]

So pure, angelic & terribly beautiful

[@Myviewingtime07]

The Sami have such a beautiful and enchanting culture. It takes you back to a more natural state of mind, where you feel at one with nature.

[@jaybarrys8272]

wind can be a breeze, wind can be a hurricane, but wind gives life.. lives before us and will live after us, appreciate the moment you have with it

[@barbarabenvenuto7146]

Just beautiful. I only heard about this style a while ago when I started to learn Swedish, though this has no Swedish words! It's so simple and deep at the same time. Great that the Saami have managed to keep it alive for so long😊

[@tobycowern5677]

Amazing to revisit this in 2024 amd see how far Sofia has come. But i ❤ the rawness of her early days. Such an inspiration

[@masterjunky863]

Incredibly fascinating culture, love from Italy

[@nataliafernandezlopez-rey6821]

LA NATURALEZA EN UNA VOZ MARAVILLOSA

[@Jesse_JamesVI]

This is awesome greetings from Turkey :)

[@sonnenblume111]

Wonderful. 💓 May the Sami and all the other natives get their origin and habitat.

[@Oro-Laeji]

Habitat??

[@askthemountains1]

Makes me more happy to be sea sámi to hear good joik like this :-)

[@laurenanderson9476]

As someone with mixed Scandinavian heritage, I've known only of my Nordic ancestry. Learning now about the Sami has been beautiful, and this song is gorgeous! And knowing so many people with Scandinavian ancestry who are talented, soulful singers, I'm just amazed at the way music can affect generations!

[@josieclaridge4798]

Just returned from Northern Norway and heard a lot of the Samis. Beautiful sound

[@subhashisdas7199]

I was reading an old National Geographic of Nov 2011 the other day where I came to read of the Sami people and their Yoik. In it I read the Lutheran pastors who converted the Sami forbade yoiking calling it devil's music. But it is so hauntingly beautiful.

[@KymberliAnnEG]

indeed, destroyed and burned their drums and regalia, artifacts stolen for later display in museums...awful persecution back in the day. Strong people. The culture prevails.

[@Jiepers]

Christianity has ruined many things

[@StaminatorBlader]

well its actually nature music which unlike the devil actually exists and is feared by abrahamic religions

[@marykakoekemoer7897]

I just learned about joik today and searched to hear what it sounds like, out of curiosity. And of my goodness!!! It so soothing and yet fulfilling to the soul. Why is this not known more across the world....

[@manglafeichtinger2601]

I just came back from Norway! Where l learned about the Sami people! And their beautiful music! I wish them all the best for the future, may their treasures they have stay safe and carry on, if i ever go back to Norway 🇳🇴 I'll be great to see them perform, good luck to the SAMI PEOPLE! ❤

[@polarisproyect]

A hymn to freedom of the Sami people.

[@IceFireTerry]

"How Disney uses Language" brought me here

[@kiannabrunette2580]

Same!

[@fatimakifayat9354]

Same

[@rishikesav5523]

Frozen

[@wanqaimzhafri3275]

SAME

[@pretziels]

same

[@Lamproly]

I think I just learned how to breathe again. Something heavy and oppressing, like all of humanity with its rules and ways and conflicts just melted like water and flew down, then evaporated to mist. And now I am breathing. Steady, slowly, easily. As if somehow I learned what every tree and animal, every wisp of wind does not need to learn: what existence is. Just this.

[@backyardbiologist6468]

Kinda cringe not gonna lie

[@dsherter]

lovely.

[@samarawakefield9683]

Beautiful, so happy to be saami

[@beatricebeathyraneniute2298]

That's Sofia Jannok, my favorite Sami singer, also my mom's favorite as well. Lovely song! :D

[@scivnce4273]

For some reason some aspects remind me of native Americans and native hawaïans very beautiful

[@mattlibra3139]

That’s most likely because the Sami are actually the indigenous people of Northern Europe!

[@scivnce4273]

@@mattlibra3139 hmmm i dont think all indigenous people are the same. I am also a native from another part of the world with a very ancient culture and we are completely different

[@mattlibra3139]

@@scivnce4273 ahh I’m sorry if I made it sound like just because the Sami are indigenous I think they’re the same as others! That’s totally not what I meant!

[@MrPablomex]

This is beautiful, mystical music

[@heatherwatrous9056]

this spings kind of elemental song has sprung out of me in my entire life, when feeling good and alone with earth.

[@dubco9840]

Quelle merveille ! Merci !

[@pearlypawbeans]

Omg I didn’t know anything about this until 5 minutes ago. Heard 2 yoiks so far & cried both times. This is mind blowing. So beautiful & powerful.

[@lorella40]

There's something magical in this performance!

[@herminig2939]

Trugarez evit gwerz gant hec’ h ene ! Merci pour cette complainte avec son âme !

[@taragibbons6616]

Absolutely SOULFUL! Love this!

[@patriciafriedson8860]

Thank you for this beauty, and this truth.

[@thealchemistdaughter3405]

Very beautiful, my the gods of the north rise from their slumber in our hearts 💞

[@Locahaskatexu]

For some, they never slept 😉

[@darthinhilus2416]

Pure awesomeness. Much love from Greece !! :)

[@lottajohansson6790]

So very nice Yoik ever and very fantastic to

[@MrMike855]

Beautiful. Completely beautiful.

[@HeatherSonewomanshow]

Gorgeous, evocative, spine tingling Spine tinglingly beautiful

[@Duncanthedonut]

Reminds me of the Appalachian folk yodeling

[@EpicureanSwerve]

Just lovely.

[@pacific2313]

Here from Wikipedia. Read about it, knew I had to check it out. It's really nice!

[@irinasiberia54]

great voice! I love folk songs

[@linahassan2106]

I love it ! It touched my soul =)

[@anonymousnativeamerican7755]

God bless the Sapmi (Sammi). Im Apache Kickapoo and nahua purepecha ndn which is what I am full blooded native American much love. I wonder if we are connected something is telling me yes

[@msullivan821]

This gave me goosebumps.

[@TwistofTrafficJam]

here from eurovision 2019

[@mischka504]

too!!

[@superstargaming1684]

12 112 me

[@nstella7]

Me too 😊

[@kimjurgenthomsen5686]

Yes, also here from Eurovision! :-)

[@BabiesAteMyDingo]

So incredibly, breathtakingly beautiful. It's really dusty in here right now for some reason. Yep. Dusty.

[@xavierjones4574]

why were you cutting onions at your keyboard

[@BabiesAteMyDingo]

No onions this time, just dust. The Onion Ninjas lurk in the shadows until someone whips out that Wicked/Firefly "Defying Gravity" video.

[@JJBushfan]

Great name. Are you Aussie?

[@AgnesTemesvaritothkasa]

The first earth speaks to me it is above and below and it will never end

[@FABEEize]

What similarity to the native music "vidala" of the Argentine northwest and part of Bolivia for the song, the rhythm, and the musical instrument.

[@kjlahti782]

What a beautiful voice, thanks for sharing it

[@markogronfors3826]

Kiitos!

[@Brennna]

So beautiful.

[@marissaschoneman9999]

beautiful "I will try to learn sing like her

[@leadslinger49]

Beautiful song and a beautiful voice.

[@kellyjene77]

Absolutely stunning. Haunting and beautiful.

[@zoricacindric3506]

Odavno želim da posetim saami zemlju i upoznam narod i način života. ❤️

[@david82633]

This is actually a person joik made for Mikkel Buljo, which has been mislabeled Yoik of the wind. The family do not appreciate this appropriation, and the right name should be placed in the description of this video

[@Lilolindiriel]

Strength and elegance...

[@EctothermalPuppy]

Kyllä!!!! :)

[@nisqually7]

This is so calming. Thnx for the upload.

[@CatalinTugui-us9tc]

❤ IT 🙏

[@borninjordan7448]

I spent some of my formative years in British Columbia, Canada's Pacific coast. I can't help but notice the similarity of this to First Nations music.

[@Spangenberg0602]

When you stay in this beautiful land, you can feel the yoik

[@takezotsukaharamasteriljim9610]

Lady Fairy Blessing You!7,1k like

[@officialVozie100]

Sammis are beautiful Im 100% native american apache of north america full blood ndn only and i feel the song all the way there has to be a connection with at least one tribe for the sammi people LAKOTA Kickapoo or maybe my tribe something seems very native american about them its quite obvious unless your deaf and disrespectful to the sammis we the ancestors 💯🦅🌎🙏🏾

[@pixelmangler]

Wow! Expressive and beautiful singing. A calming experience. Thank you.

[@Hallowbreath]

I think the root problem is that most men have lost the connection with their older culture. What does man have left when we've lost the connection with the land, when we've forgotten values that were important to every single one of our ancestors until only very recently? I recently became active in my own religion, and I do not think it is a coincidence that many of the new people who join us soon change for a more land-respecting way. Our greed does not come from malice or evil. Merely from losing touch with the things that should be more important. Some people can find that connection in Christianity, but what about those of us who do not? We're blackmailed and frightened with threats of eternal damnation. Do we find such connections in the forests or at farms? Unlikely, considering how people who own them usually aren't different from the rest of us who wants to make money and conform to society. I think that if we want to change how we view and treat indigenous cultures, we should nto be focusing on them at all - but on ourselves. It is hard to understand a peoples connection with the land when we ourselves have nearly none, and when faith in religion was largely replaced with a faith in money (not saying that everyone is either religious or greedy - just that someone who views money as more important than anything else have lost something very important).

[@maple1255]

+Hallowbreath I like what you say here. I agree that some of those with strongly 'religious' views can be almost divorced from the natural world and intolerant of those whose views differ from their own. Personally, I feel we can have our own deep connection to the earth and also listen and learn from indigenous people who have shared this connection with our earth for so very long. You may find comfort as well in Buddhism, especially teachers like Thich Naht Hahn who speaks of showing respect for the earth and all other living beings. Thank you for your thoughtful post.

[@Migwelp]

You do realize that the reason this kind of singing isn't allowed if because of religion, right? Run a quick google search on the history of Joik. "With the Christianization of the Sami, joiking was condemned as sinful. The Norwegianization assimilation policy and the church and ecclesiastical movement's views on joiking as sin have played important roles in the devaluation. In the 1950s, it was forbidden to use joiking in school in Sami areas, and one of the reasons that joiking was controversial may be its association with noaidi and pre-Christian mythology rituals." Fuck religion, even in it's modern form, it chooses regression. I hope it dies out so culture doesn't have to suppress itself.

[@maple1255]

Miguel Garcia This seems so bizarre to ban a form of singing which is obviously not harmful to anyone, and pleasant for many. It's hard to understand anyone with such backward views, evidently a fear of 'pagan' spiritual beliefs? I'll Google a bit later, thanks for the lead on that.

[@spiritof6986]

+Miguel Garcia I'm a Christian and love Yoik. Our heavenly father and creator is the source of singing from the heart. So those that speak in his name and say that Yoik is sinful,should close thier mouths. Period. They speak for themselves,not my Abba Father. Shalom aliechem,my friend.

[@apudharald2435]

Dem prata koskit.🇸🇪🇫 🇮 Vår religion gå på med seier gest. Hälsningar från Haparanda-Tornio för älskada Sofia!

[@alicegobelin4287]

So beautiful, thank you! 🙏💓

[@harrihanell]

Kaunis/ underbar/herlig ❣️

[@1943Grandpa]

Beautiful! Absolutely beautiful. You warm my heart.

[@sutcu100]

liberty for sameland.....

[@david82633]

Sápmi is populated by too many different groups of people to cecede at this point. Unity between Sámi, Finns and Germanics within the area is the future. Most sámi people are multi cultural anyway, and don't wish independence

[@eddyl2056]

My friend Elaine Sukava passed away today. She was Finnish and she loved music. Does anyone have an appropriate yoik for a time like this?

[@freeinformation9869]

She is channeling. Thanks.

[@AurorVonKorpi]

so proud to be part of Saamelainen

[@judipodgurski5083]

SOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooo beautiful !!!!!

[@SilverWolfITA]

Discovered yesterday, i love this song 💖

[@JakobJonasFilmundTonwerkstatt]

Beautiful Voice and beautiful self expression!

[@Rosina57NZ]

So beautiful

[@MrEyah23]

The call of nature, the Aurora Borealis! 😍🇸🇯🇸🇪🇸🇯😇🙏🏼🐺 and the wolf Odin! 😊 Elsa! Sami culture and Vikings, I love Scandinavia! ❤️😍😿

[@mercy1459]

Laponia(Groenlandia)- Samis, Ártico , Siberia, Rusia Occidental norte, nativos de las Américas, Polinesios, Mongoles de las estepas, todos tienen el mismo patrón, culturas similares, hasta folclore.❤

[@jbl7219]

Though I should say that her full name is Sofia Jannok since it's nowhere in either the title or description.

[@oraakkeli]

It said it in the beginning od the video

[@philosophicalmonkachu7711]

See "KLAUS"... Movie, there's a Sami kid,she is so cute and adorable!!