Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Never ask a Sámi how many reindeer he or she owns. It's a very personal matter, like
someone's bank balance. It's something they wouldn't even necessarily reveal to their
closest friends.
Handicrafts
The colourful Sámi costumes, featuring jackets, pants or skirts embroidered with bright
red, blue and yellow patterns, are now mostly worn on special occasions and during Sámi
festivals.
Sámi handicrafts (including bags and boots made from reindeer hide, knitted gloves and
socks, textiles, shawls, strikingly colourful Sámi hats, jewellery and silverware) are recog-
nised as indigenous art. Genuine handicrafts carry the name 'Sámi duodji'. Inari is one of
the best places to buy them.
Languages
Sámi languages are related to Finnish and other Finno-Ugric languages. There are three
Sámi languages, not very mutually intelligible, used in Finland today. There are another
seven Sámi languages in Norway, Sweden and Russia.
 
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