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Various Sami, Norsk and Svensk Holiday Ornaments

Various Sami, Svensk and Norsk Christmas Ornaments
Various Sami, Svensk and Norsk Christmas Ornaments

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Statement

During the winter of 2011, I began creating Sami Christmas ornaments, to add to my repetoire of handpainting Scandinavian holiday ornaments and gifts. The Sami folk are indigenous to the far northern regions of Scandinavia (land commonly called Lappland.) My Sami art "decorated" ornaments have bands around them following the traditional weaving belt/band patterns common on the equipment and clothing of the Sami people, and "character" symbols representing the mythology and creatures of the Sami. Some have "Buorrit Juovllat" (Merry Christmas) written on them, while others have"Memories of the Sami folk" written on them in the Northern Sami language.