mandag 30. januar 2012
lørdag 28. januar 2012
torsdag 12. januar 2012
lørdag 31. desember 2011
mandag 26. desember 2011
Sámi versus Tribal
I noticed when I started dancing tribal that many of the costumes and jewlery are very similar to the sami jewlery and costume. Here are just a few pictures to explain what I mean. Sometimes you can hardly see the difference. Specially if we compare the old sami costumes with Tribal.
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Da jeg begynte å danse tribal så la jeg merke til at kostymene og smykkene var veldig like det samiske. Her er noen bilder for å forklare hva jeg mener. Noenganger kan du såvidt se forskjell. Spesielt om vi sammenligner med gamle samiske kostymer og smykker med tribal.
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Da jeg begynte å danse tribal så la jeg merke til at kostymene og smykkene var veldig like det samiske. Her er noen bilder for å forklare hva jeg mener. Noenganger kan du såvidt se forskjell. Spesielt om vi sammenligner med gamle samiske kostymer og smykker med tribal.
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| Samisk kvinne |
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| Reinsdyr seletøy |
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| Krage til samisk mann |
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| Samekvinne |
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| Krage til samisk mann |
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| Russisk sjal |
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| Afghansk beltespenne |
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| Samisk sølje |
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| Tribal belte med dusker |
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| Tribal belte med frynser |
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| Tribal kuchi belte med samme type perlemedajong som russiske samer lager. |
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| Tribal belte med kuchi smykker og perlemedajong. |
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| Samiske belter med tinntrådsbroderier |
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| Vevde samiske belter |
Pics from google.com // Bilder hentet fra google.com
Tribal costume and jewlery//Tribal kostymer og smykker
I was shopping for some tribal jewlery at Sirik Tribal and they had made these two very informative pictures in their store under each items description. Very helpful!It shows where the original jewlery we use in Tribal bellydance come from. We also very much inspired by their colours, patterns and clothing.
Alot of the jewlery we use in tribal are actually made here, and used by nomadic people in there areas before we use them on stage.
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Jeg var inne på nettbutikken Sirik Tribal og de hadde lagt ut disse to veldig informative bildene under beskrivelsen av hver ting de solgte. Veldig nyttig!
Disse bildene viser hvor de originale smykkene vi bruker i Tribal magedans kommer fra. Vi er også veldig inspirert av farger, mønstre og plagg fra disse folkegruppene.
Mye av smykkene som blir brukt av Tribal dansere er laget i disse landene, og er blitt brukt av nomadene før vi tar dem i bruk på scenen.
torsdag 22. desember 2011
lørdag 17. desember 2011
Tree - Hotel in Sweden!
I have just discovered the most amazing thing! As you know my big passion is trees. I love them and I think they are beautiful! Very fascinated by them. And I never knew about the Tree-hotel in Sweden! I have discovered a few hotels like this in the world now!
There is the Tree hotel in Sweden www.treehotel.se
Wow, I really dream of living in a house like that! When I get rich and famous I definately will build a house similar to that in the forest! I hope I get rich sooooooon!!!!!
Status Update: Can I visit the tree-hotel, please????http://ping.fm/aU9Yv
onsdag 14. desember 2011
Christmas presents
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| Christmas presents from me this year. Wrapping paper from last year, pages from an old comic book and brown household paper. |
When I watched american films they
would just tear the wrapping paper off the present and throw it away.
But I never got to do this. Cause we used to save the wrapping
paper until next years presents. I had to carefully remove the
stickytape and be careful not to rip the paper, and unwrap the
presents carefully. We did this all my childhood, and I was thinking
about this this year before I went to buy presents. About all the christmas wrapping papers that go
to waste. They are used one time, and then thrown away. I get sad
thinking about the worlds habit of buying and throwing things aways. Producing things that are not meant to last, but sell. This contributes
to so much more waste then necassery for the world, and for the
enviorment. So this is why I decided not to buy any chritstmas
wrapping paper this year, only use what I have. I had this brown
recycled paper, which looks nice with some nice band and some stickers
or even just draw a few stars on. Newspaper can be used, that makes a really
cool different look. Or even magazine paper. Find a nice picture
from a magazine and use that as wrapping paper.
tirsdag 13. desember 2011
InTundra photo-frames
Some of you may have seen these photo-frames before. This was one of my many ideas for my InTundra project. I was so happy with the result I decided to make one for each of the sponsors for my new album "The Arctic Fairy" who requested a piece of art from me. I made my first frame of reindeer skin many years ago. I asked my grandmother if she had some reindeer skin for me, and she did. She was happy to give me the skin when she knew I would be making something nice from it. She usually don´t just give things away. I guess I owe her a frame! I have to giver her one!
The skin used on these frames are usually used for making "goikkehat" The sami winter-shoe made of reindeer skin. The skin comes from the reindeers legs.
The skin used on these frames are usually used for making "goikkehat" The sami winter-shoe made of reindeer skin. The skin comes from the reindeers legs.
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| On the left is a collage of different sami bands in different patterns and skin in different colors. |
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| The traditonal sami winter shoe "goikkehat" made of reindeer skin from the reindeers legs. |
tirsdag 29. november 2011
lørdag 19. november 2011
Kjøpe nytt eller brukt? / Buy new or used?
Jeg er på vei til å flytte alle mine eiendeler fra Oslo til Finnmark igjen. Tilbake til Sameland! Jeg ser på meg selv som en mijøbevisst person, motstander av bruk-og-kast mentaliteten. Jeg overdriver ikke når jeg sier at gjenbruk er typisk for samene. Om en ting ikke kan brukes til det opprinnelig var i bruk som, så finner man alltid et annet bruk for det. Et eksemplet er når snøscooter-beltet ikke kan brukes på scooteren mer, så brukes den som dørmatte. Gjenbruk kan også være et resultat av at det ikke er uendelig med utvalg av produkter her i nordnorge. Man får ikke tak i alt til enhver tid. Og her er folk mest opptatt av funksjonalitet, og ikke design.
Når jeg flytter så kommer jeg til å trenge masse nytt. Nå er jeg igang og ser etter brukte møbler. Jeg tenkte det ville vært kult om jeg hadde KUN hatt brukte møbler i mitt nye hjem, og ingenting fra butikken.
For mange år siden hadde jeg de samme tankene. Jeg ville bare kjøpe brukt for å spare miljøet, men nå husker jeg igjen hvorfor jeg sluttet med det, og begynte å kun kjøpe nye møbler. Det er pga energiene som sitter i brukte ting, møbler, leiligheter og hus. Den spirituelle personen som jeg er så merket jeg stor forskjell når jeg fikk brukte møbler i hus, og når jeg fikk helt nye møbler. Dette kan være både på godt og vondt. Jeg vet ikke om du skjønner hva jeg mener, men jeg tror at alle ting blir påvirket av deres eiere. Alle ting som er brukt av noen vil fortsatt bære dens tidligere eiers energi. Dette gjorde at jeg begynte å kjøpe kun nye møbler, fordi jeg fikk vibber som jeg helst ikke ville ha.
Men dette var mange år siden, og nå har jeg gått tilbake igjen til å synes at brukte møbler er fine, og kan komplimentere et rom på en helt unik måte. Jeg har lært meg å rense rom og objekter, så nå er jeg ikke så redd for å ta inn brukte ting til hjemmet mitt lengre. Jeg leste en plass at man burde likevel være på vakt, da noen ting og møbler ikke gikk å rense ordentlig, så nå bruker jeg magefølelsen når jeg velger hvilke brukte ting jeg kjøper.
For noen måneder siden kjøpte jeg denne plakaten av Paul Berthon i en brukbutikk i Alta.
Jeg har bare fåttt gode vibber fra denne siden jeg fikk den i hus. Jeg forelsket meg i den det sekundet jeg så den, og hvergang jeg ser den så minner den meg om skjønnhet.
Så min konklusjon er: Jeg skal prøve å finne så mye som mulig brukt, gjerne lite brukte ting, og noen ekstra unike, gamle ting. Det jeg ikke finner brukt, vil jeg kjøpe nytt. Det syns jeg er bra balansert! :D
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I am in the middle of moving my stuff from Oslo to the north of Norway again. Back to sapmi! I like to think of myself as enviromental friendly person. I am not a fan of mass-production of goods that end up in the dumpster after a year. I am not eggagerating if I say that its very typical for the sami people to reuse everything. If the belt on the snowmobile is not usable for its purpose anymore, the sami people will find another use for it, - a floor-mat is very common in this particular case.
But reusing everything could also come from not having access to loads of stuff, and people are not that rich here, and also they are more concerned about functionality than design.
When I am moving I am going to need lots of new stuff. Now I am now looking for used furniture. I thought it would be cool if I got all my furniture second hand, and not from the store, but bought from others. So instead of them throwing it in the garbage, I would use it.
Many years ago I thought the same thing, but now I remember again why I stopped buying used furniture. It´s because of the energy from them. The spiriutal person that I am, I felt a big difference in the energy of new furniture and old. This could be good or bad. I don´t know if you know what I mean by this, but I beleive that furniture - like houses - are influenced by the atmosphere and energy from the previous owners. The object will carry the energy of the previous owner. This is why I started buying only new furniture. I didn´t want anything used for a while, cause I could feel the energies when I didn´t want to.
But this was many years ago and I have come back again to the thought that used furniture is nice, and can give more caracter to a room. I have learned how to cleanse furniture and houses for unwanted energy, so now I feel ok with bringing used furniture to my home. But I read somwhere that one should be aware that sometimes furniture and other old objects are impossible to cleanse. So I am just using my gut feeling when choosing what to buy.
A few months ago I bought this really nice poster by Paul Berthon at a second hand shop in Alta.
From this poster I only got good vibes from the day I got it. I felt a very strong drawing to it the second I saw it, and always when I look at it, it reminds be of beauty.
So my decision is to look for used furniture, to see if I can find barely used ones, and also look for the really really nice, unique furniture with good vibes. And the rest, what I can´t find used, I will buy new from the store. I think that is good balance. :D
Når jeg flytter så kommer jeg til å trenge masse nytt. Nå er jeg igang og ser etter brukte møbler. Jeg tenkte det ville vært kult om jeg hadde KUN hatt brukte møbler i mitt nye hjem, og ingenting fra butikken.
For mange år siden hadde jeg de samme tankene. Jeg ville bare kjøpe brukt for å spare miljøet, men nå husker jeg igjen hvorfor jeg sluttet med det, og begynte å kun kjøpe nye møbler. Det er pga energiene som sitter i brukte ting, møbler, leiligheter og hus. Den spirituelle personen som jeg er så merket jeg stor forskjell når jeg fikk brukte møbler i hus, og når jeg fikk helt nye møbler. Dette kan være både på godt og vondt. Jeg vet ikke om du skjønner hva jeg mener, men jeg tror at alle ting blir påvirket av deres eiere. Alle ting som er brukt av noen vil fortsatt bære dens tidligere eiers energi. Dette gjorde at jeg begynte å kjøpe kun nye møbler, fordi jeg fikk vibber som jeg helst ikke ville ha.
Men dette var mange år siden, og nå har jeg gått tilbake igjen til å synes at brukte møbler er fine, og kan komplimentere et rom på en helt unik måte. Jeg har lært meg å rense rom og objekter, så nå er jeg ikke så redd for å ta inn brukte ting til hjemmet mitt lengre. Jeg leste en plass at man burde likevel være på vakt, da noen ting og møbler ikke gikk å rense ordentlig, så nå bruker jeg magefølelsen når jeg velger hvilke brukte ting jeg kjøper.
For noen måneder siden kjøpte jeg denne plakaten av Paul Berthon i en brukbutikk i Alta.
Jeg har bare fåttt gode vibber fra denne siden jeg fikk den i hus. Jeg forelsket meg i den det sekundet jeg så den, og hvergang jeg ser den så minner den meg om skjønnhet.
Så min konklusjon er: Jeg skal prøve å finne så mye som mulig brukt, gjerne lite brukte ting, og noen ekstra unike, gamle ting. Det jeg ikke finner brukt, vil jeg kjøpe nytt. Det syns jeg er bra balansert! :D
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I am in the middle of moving my stuff from Oslo to the north of Norway again. Back to sapmi! I like to think of myself as enviromental friendly person. I am not a fan of mass-production of goods that end up in the dumpster after a year. I am not eggagerating if I say that its very typical for the sami people to reuse everything. If the belt on the snowmobile is not usable for its purpose anymore, the sami people will find another use for it, - a floor-mat is very common in this particular case.
But reusing everything could also come from not having access to loads of stuff, and people are not that rich here, and also they are more concerned about functionality than design.
When I am moving I am going to need lots of new stuff. Now I am now looking for used furniture. I thought it would be cool if I got all my furniture second hand, and not from the store, but bought from others. So instead of them throwing it in the garbage, I would use it.
Many years ago I thought the same thing, but now I remember again why I stopped buying used furniture. It´s because of the energy from them. The spiriutal person that I am, I felt a big difference in the energy of new furniture and old. This could be good or bad. I don´t know if you know what I mean by this, but I beleive that furniture - like houses - are influenced by the atmosphere and energy from the previous owners. The object will carry the energy of the previous owner. This is why I started buying only new furniture. I didn´t want anything used for a while, cause I could feel the energies when I didn´t want to.
But this was many years ago and I have come back again to the thought that used furniture is nice, and can give more caracter to a room. I have learned how to cleanse furniture and houses for unwanted energy, so now I feel ok with bringing used furniture to my home. But I read somwhere that one should be aware that sometimes furniture and other old objects are impossible to cleanse. So I am just using my gut feeling when choosing what to buy.
A few months ago I bought this really nice poster by Paul Berthon at a second hand shop in Alta.
From this poster I only got good vibes from the day I got it. I felt a very strong drawing to it the second I saw it, and always when I look at it, it reminds be of beauty.
So my decision is to look for used furniture, to see if I can find barely used ones, and also look for the really really nice, unique furniture with good vibes. And the rest, what I can´t find used, I will buy new from the store. I think that is good balance. :D
torsdag 17. november 2011
Skoleturné - Shcool-tour
We have been on a shcool tour together for about a month. We where Juhani Silvola, Heaika Guttorm and myself. A shcool-tour is basically travelling from shcool to shcool playing a 45 min long show for them. We had so much fun, and the show got better and better very day! Juhani and Heaika are so talented people, and easy to work with, so I am sure that nothing actually can go wrong, with so great people!
It has been full of experinces with the children! I got drawings and gifts from them, and lots of compliments! Here is what I have heard everyday for 4 weeks now... So cuuute!
- "You are beutiful!"
- "You are a good dancer and singer!"
- "Can I have your autograph?"
- "Are you a real fairy?"
- "Can I look at your ears?"
- "Do you have wings?"
- "How did you get so good?"
- "Is that really you singing?"
- "Can you remove the pattern on your face"? (makeup)
- "What language you you sing in?"
- "Can you sing something in Norwegian, I don´t understand sami?"
- "Are you sami, where do you come from?"
- "Is the guitarist sami?"
- "How old are you?"
- "I have sami relatives!"
- "Is that your real hair color?"
Juhani Silvola, and me appearing from behind the backdrop. Photo by May-Liss Thomassen at Øvre Alta Skole
onsdag 2. november 2011
Womex - Copenhagen
Last weekend I was visiting Copehagen. A really quick visit, just to make an appearance at a showcase that Sapmi Music and Scene Finnmark had arranged at the big even WOMEX. This event is huge, and probably the most important world music event of every year.
Juhani and me did a few songs at the showcase, and Niko Valkeapaa also sang a few songs. Niko is by the way sami artist of the year 2012, so I wish him all luck for the next year! :D I hope he gets to make som of his dreams come true, like I did...
Happytimes in Copenhagen!
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