Angelin Tytöt "Giddat"

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The Girls of Angeli come from the village of Angeli in the municipality of Inari, one of the few purely Sámi villages in Northern Finland. The entire population of Angeli are native speakers of Sámi. They make their living mainly by reindeer husbandry. The nearest shop is 70 kilometres away.

The music of the Girls of Angeli is the yoik. The yoik is the Sámi way of talking and purifying oneself. Everyone does the yoik differently, there is no one particular correct way to do it. A yoik can be about people, the natural environment, events, courting or even the wealth of ones family. The yoik is no longer a sin, even if the old people in the village still insist it is.

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[kloiten]

How could this be considered a sin? Stupid missionaries who thought their culture was greater than others'.

Five stars.

And lol at the cameraman moving around next to the girl on the far right XD

[lightsight]

Yes pure and beautiful <3

[Kissinpoika]

I am waiting for the right thing to happen. These people should be given their land back, granted autonomy (within Finland, to start with), if they so wish, and their children instructed in their own language. The ultimate goal is the formation of an indepentent Sami state north of the polar circle. Finland cannot do this on its own. Tens of thousands of people would have to be evacuated much the same way they arrived at those far northern municipalities.

[powwowdoc]

@kloiten You are so right. This is no sin. The sin was in trying to destroy it. Missionaries are famous for doing that sort of thing. It is cultural genocide at best and just pure bigotry. What they did to first nation peoples in America and Canada was criminal and monstrous to say the least and certainly no reflection of Christ or his message.

[OswaldvonWolkenstein]

@lilaufobanan Isn't that comic book guy from the Simpsons?

[MeighFalk]

I am half Irish and Half Sami. I am not Chrisitan and I am proud of our old "heathen" beliefs.

[lilaufobanan]

The guy at 2.29 is the coolest person in this video.

[ladoga]

@dakotagerman

Atleast the Saami believed in the actual forces of the nature and formed stories which helped them to understand the world around them. Christianity is a religion from the Middle East and has very little to do with traditions and nature of the North. Its an import product and brought by foreign empires (atleast in Finland and Sapmi) with force and violence.

Why should we believe in a zombie guy risen from dead, who is god and son and does miracles to prove himself? Nonsense.

[suomiHutsinda]

@LindseyGrace55 Not really. Sami are the indigenous people of Sápmi and Indians are the native people of Northern America. They don't share the same genotype, so the Sami people can't be counted as Indians.

[LindseyGrace55]

@timothycharron

Sami indian? Do Sami count as indians?

[Satakunta]

Kylla vaan mie pidetaan hyvana. Sanokoo saatanan tyoksi ne jotka rohkenee, mutta on taa niin kaunista. On tassa niin paljo puhtautta...

[dss103]

@kantelar Wow, 1990 was the year I was born. That in itself makes this video nostalgic for me...Now when I think of when I was born in the hospital, I picture myself coming out to this music lol!