Saami pulmakombed

The material collected and published on the traditional wedding customs of the Sami of the Kola peninsula is relatively scarce. The article introduces folkloric material connected to the Sami wedding tradition. The first part of the article provides a description of a Sami wedding recorded by Aleksa...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Aleksandra Antonova, Jaan Sarv
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:Estonian
Published: Eesti Kirjandusmuuseum 1999
Subjects:
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/a96527e75bf5487088d4fd918cfc5711
Description
Summary:The material collected and published on the traditional wedding customs of the Sami of the Kola peninsula is relatively scarce. The article introduces folkloric material connected to the Sami wedding tradition. The first part of the article provides a description of a Sami wedding recorded by Aleksandra Antonova, focusing on the description of the wedding customs. Author uses traditional terminology of Sami. The second part of the article includes some notes of unique wedding song recordings with comments written by Jaan Sarv, and the deciphering of song lyrics written by both authors.