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With a nomadic culture oriented around reindeer-herding and fishing, Scandinavia's indigenous Sami people were once marginalised and derided. The Christian Church rejected their artforms; national governments denied them self-rule; and their children were often carted off to residential boarding schools to enforce their assimilation into the majority culture. But in recent decades their identity has gained new energy in Nordic countries and their heritage is being actively promoted. In the far north of Norway, in Tromso, Petroc Trelawny met some adults - and even more children - keeping Sami language and song alive, especially the unique "joik" vocal style.

Photo: Petroc Trelawny and Sami singer Biret 脕lhtt谩 Mienna by the shore near Tromso, winter 2015. (c) 麻豆社