Meaning of yoiker | Babel Free

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A singer of a traditional Sami singing style called yoik.

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“They hit on the idea of starting a festival called Juiogan Reimat ('a Yoik gathering') to bring together the best yoikers in Samiland as a celebration of the music, although the event seems to be largely a family affair. Lawra's father Ande, a renowned yoiker himself, acts as MC. Sara and her family - mother, father and younger brother - have taken care of the logistics for preparing and operating the camp. Her father, Ante Mikkel Gaup, is also a yoiker of note.”

“"Lahppon/Lost" opens with Eira's haunting version of a joik representing Aslak Haetta, one of the beheaded men — a song that, according to local lore, was passed to a famous joiker via an anonymous phone call.”

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