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Tourism in Västerbotten – the Skelleftea region.
Västerbotten region is a beautiful place to visit which can offer many unique places to see and activities to do. People from here are very proud of their natural and cultural heritage. From the mountains to the coast, and from the old times to nowadays, there are lots...
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Tourism in Västerbotten – the South of Lapland.
Västerbotten region is a beautiful place to visit which can offer many unique places to see and activities to do. People from here are very proud of their natural and cultural heritage. From the mountains to the coast, and from the old times to nowadays, there are lots...
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Västerbotten records
Västerbotten is the county of Umea. It has a great importance in Sweden and has several records in Sweden, such as: the highest garden in Hemaban, the biggest wooden chuch in Stensele the northernmost zoo in Lyckselee, the longest cableway (13 km) between Mensträsk...
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Facts about Västerbotten
Västerbotten is not a common and without importance county of the Swedish territory. This County, the second largest in the country has also many important facts that make it of high relevance. Here I’m going to show you a list of the most important features that...
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Västerbotten – the county of Umea
Västerbotten is the second northern County of Sweden and it is the one where Umea is located. It is also the 2nd bigger county of the country, covering almost 1/8 of the total area of Sweden. Västerbotten is a very contrasted and diverse county. Umea for example is...
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noise in the darkness
One day of the winter, when I was riding back home from the downtown, I chose a different way of the common one. Suddenly, I realized of a strange noise in the dark. At the beginning I didn’t know what was it. But when I was getting closer I realized it was hundred of...
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beachvoleyball
Swedish are crazy! One of the things that surprise me in the winter is the amount of beach volley courts that are around the city. It is strange bearing in mind that most of year Umea is covered by snow. And they don’t care if it is cold or the sand is wet. I have...
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The Sami drum.
Traditionally, the Sami drum has been an important tool in the Sami society. It was an instrument to help the Sami shamans to enter a trance. It was helped by the drawn of icons in its leather membrane, as well as the addition of amulets and objects of power. But when...
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The Sami shaman
The Sami shaman, or noaidi, had a big importance in the Sami culture, as well as in other indigenous cultures. Its role was to be the intermediary who contacted between the worlds of people and gods. They were the responsible to made offerings to gods in the religious...
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The Sami religion
As an indigenous people with its own culture and language, the Sami people have always had its own religion. It is based in the relationship of the people with the nature, such as the American indigenous gods. The Sami religion has been traditionally based in the cult...
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The Sami language
Sami people has its own particular language. Sami language is official recognited in the Nordic countries through Sami language laws. While most of the languages in Europe come from the Latin (such as the Spanish) or are Germanic languages (like the Swedish) the Sami...
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Reindeer meat
One of the things I wanted to try before coming Sweden was the reindeer meat. Of course, after being here more than 6 months I have had several opportunities to taste it. In the supermarket you can buy this meat in many different forms, mainly dried or frozen. Although...
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Sami reindeer.
Reindeers are a central point of the live of the Sami people. Only Samis who are members of a sameby are allowed to practise their husbandry. Their importance comes from the perfect adaptation of the animal to the Arctic climate with long and cold winters. The full...
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Sami fishing
When we were in the Sami camp in Kiruna, one of the activities we more did was fishing. Fishing have always been very important for Sami people as a source of income and trade. It is very important in summer months, when the reindeers live alone in isolated mountains,...
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Sami History VII – the last decades
In 1986 there were 2 events that marked the development of the Sami people in the last years. The first one was the explosion of the nuclear power plant of Chernobyl. Even been so far away it had a great effect over the Sami people, since the nuclear waste fall over...
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Sami History VI – the beginning of the 20th century
After centuries and centuries when the Sami people interests were run over for the Swedish nation’s best, in the 20th century Sami people started to organize to claim for their rights. The first meeting was in 1917 in Trondeheim (Norway). The day of this first meeting...
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Sami History V – the 19th century
During the period 1868-1873 the Swedish government drawn the borders of cultivation. They divided the Swedish land between state and private land and also drawn a line for the protection of the Sami are from further colonization. It should prevent these areas from...
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Sami History IV – the colonization of the Samis land
1673 was the year when started the “Lapp mark-proclamation”. It was a point to start the colonization of Lapland to encourage new settlements in the Sami area. It was thought that agriculture and the Sami traditional ways of life could coexist on the same area. But...
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Sami History III – the 16th and 17th centuries.
In the 16th century, the King divided the Sami people into different “Sami villages” to take the control over the Sami people from the “Birkarls” and take their taxes. One of the advances in the Sami rights was when the King Gustav Vasa ordered to punish those...
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Sami History II – the Viking and Middle Ages.
During the Viking Age, the Vikings from Iceland told histories about the Sami, mostly in relationship with the hides that where the most important good of trade between both peoples during this period. In this time the Sami goods were very valued for traders, but also...
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