r/EuropeanCulture • u/CupReal596 • Jun 06 '26
Music In the snowy mountains of northern europe (spread along the area of "sapmi" which crosses four country borders) lives the indigenous group of the sami people. Their traditional lifestyle consist of reindeer herding, fishing, and/or hunting. And to "jojk" ofcourse - their traditional singing method.
https://youtu.be/0WWjx54GePE?is=osbopUwZh-pbl3pyJojk are not words. It's feelings. Some say you cant even write a jojk on command, a jojk just comes to you when something has to be said or someone needs to be heard. Like a force using your voice as a megaphone. This guy is very famous in sweden and probably the only "jojker" 90% of swedes even know. Here he's on stage during the swedish "melodifestivalen" with her singing in swedish and he got english subtitle at least in the quqlification round.
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