THE LAPPS OR SAMI PEOPLE

Geographical Location:The Sami live in tundra , taiga , and coastal

zones in the far north of Europe, spread out over four different countries: Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia's Kola peninsula.

FOOD:They eat reindeer meat and the blood of

the use for sausages. They eat fish that is located on Lake of home and eat it boiled, baked, salted and smoked.

CLOTHING:

They wear belts with bright red and yellow designs with deep blue background of wool or felt. These bands appear as ornaments for tunic’s men as bordering the skirts of women, and the hats. The women wear scarves with fringes around their shoulders. Also they wear warm reindeer skin coats. However, they do not wear socks but soft moccasins filled with grass to protect their feet from cold and moisture.

DAILY LIFE:

The males of the family are engaged in herding, hunting, and making boats, sleds, and tools, while women cooked, clothing and thread, and the meat is cured. Each family had its own position (and the kids had their own brand). Families gather using these signals to distinguish the reindeers than other families.

ARTS & CRAFTS:

The Sami produce beautiful crafts, carving a variety of objects such as tools and utensils from bone, wood, reindeer antlers, and silver, often with geometric motifs. They have also perfected a special kind of ribbon weaving. Their crafts are popular tourist purchases, although the Sami save many of their creations for their own use. Much of their artistic talent goes into the elaborate braided designs of their costumes.

RELIGION, TRADITIONSAND CUSTOMS:In the traditional Sami

religion, both living beings and inanimate objects such as trees were thought to have souls. Over the course of time, all of the Sami have converted to Christianity. Today most Sami practice the dominant Lutheran religion of the Nordic countries in which they live.

PROBLEMS:

The Sami homelands have been affected by the invasion of mining and logging companies, hydroelectric power projects, communication networks, and tourism, and threatened by pollution. A controversy that received particular attention was the building of the Alta hydroelectric dam in Norway, which flooded reindeer pastures important to the region's Sami herders.

SOLUTIONS:

A group of Sami protesters traveled to the capital city of Oslo, where they set up lavvos in front of the Norwegian parliament and began a hunger strike. Their efforts were unsuccessful, but their actions drew worldwide attention.

Pictures

Group: Explorers!!!

Matina.

Stella.

Efthimia