Joik wikipedia A joik or yoik (anglicised, where the latter spelling in English conforms with the pronunciation; also named luohti, vuolle, vuelie, or juoiggus in the Sámi languages) is a traditional form of song in Sámi music performed by the Sámi people of Sapmi in Northern Europe. 1 mest kjente joik 2 A joik or yoik is a traditional form of song in Sámi music performed by the Sámi people of Sapmi in Northern Europe. A performer of joik is called a joikaaja, a joiker or jojkare. Originally, joik referred to only one of several Sami singing styles, but in English the word is often used to refer to all types of traditional Sami singing. 3 samisk joik 4 Joik (also spelled yoik, and also called vuolle, vuelie, luohti, juoiggus, levd, and lu’dd) is a traditional Sámi form of singing and considered to be one of Europe’s oldest musical traditions. The following information is drawn from Beneath Northern : Originally joiks were used in everyday life. 5 Highly spiritual songs called joiks (Northern Sámi: luohti; Southern Sámi: vuolle) are the most characteristic song type. (The same word sometimes refers to lavlu or vuelie songs, though this is technically incorrect.) Joiks may have few or no lyrics, do not rhyme, and have no definite structure. 6 Young Norwegian Sami artists are currently bringing new life to one of Europe’s oldest song traditions. Ancient sounds meet modern genres – and the result? A. 7 samisk musikk 8 Joik, samisk for sang, er samenes tradisjonelle folkemusikk, som tidligere også har hatt en vesentlig posisjon i samisk religion. 9 «Sámiid ædnan» (norsk: samisk jord) er en norsk sang med elementer av visesang, joik og pop fra som ble framført av Sverre Kjelsberg og Mattis Hætta. 10 The Sami Joik. The Sami are an ethnic group indigenous to arctic and subarctic Europe, having resided on the Scandinavian and Kola peninsulas since before the Norse and Finnish arrived. They are traditionally nomadic, and while many Sami make their livings as reindeer herders, others have become more settled in recent years, subsisting off of. 11 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 s and s. According to oral traditions, however, the Sami got their joik from fairies and elves of the Arctic lands. 12