joik

[baleanoptera]

Yesterday I went to an evening of lectures about Norwegian culture, and the problems of researching Norwegian culture while being a Norwegian. the main problem is how to distance yourself from the material enough to be critical. There were quite a lot of interesting lectures, but the highlight for me was the concert at the end by the band Adjagas.

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[alexandral]

I love it - it has is that "Northern melancholy" (as one of Russian poets called it) which always strikes a chord with me.

[baleanoptera]

I think Northern Melancholy describes them quite well. And it strikes a chord with me too - but then it is not the first time you and I share a similar taste in music. ;)

[the_scepter]

I took a break, and it was worth it:]thanks:]

I remember a short docummentary at uhm..Discovery Channel[?]--the 1st time I've heard about joik. Wish I could find it somewhere, it also had an amazing ambience.

I read the comments as well: some are just unexpectedly stupid, but I like this one:"I love falling to sleep to Adjagas' album. Maybe not so strange considering "Adjagas" means the state between dreaming and being awake. :)"(thought only you could verify the last sentence, but wiki confirms that meaning;)

[baleanoptera]

So glad to hear you liked it!

And comments on You Tube are always a bit dumb - and yet I keep reading them. hee.
And I didn't know Adjagas meant that actually. You see the name is in the Saami language, and that is a separate language entirely from the Norwegian I speak. Now all Saami speak Norwegian as well, but very few Norwegian speak Saami. And sadly I'm not among the ones that do. But I do like the meaning of the name - a lot! :)

[sunnyskywalker]

That is amazing! You're so lucky to have seen them live. The black and white is stunning - it's like their eyes burn right into you.

In an interesting coincidence, I've just started working at a library, and we just got a book in called Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name. I had to process it, so I didn't get a chance to examine it thoroughly, but I gathered that the title comes from a famous poem and that it's about a girl who finds out that her recently-dead father isn't really her father. Her real father was a Saami. So she heads off to find the other half of her family. I want to check that out and see if it's good.

[baleanoptera]

it's like their eyes burn right into you.

Ooh, I like that description. yes - that exactly it. And that books sounds really interesting. When you have the chance could you tell me the name of the author, because I would really like to check it out.

And I do envy you a library job. I just love the thought of being surrounded by so many books. Hee. I hope it goes well?

[sunnyskywalker]

Just looked it up - it's by Vendela Vida.

The library job is really fun so far. It's at a small school, and the librarian was actually my teacher for two years and she's awesome. So we do cool things like celebrating Dr. Seuss's birthday and having (dry) speakeasies.