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  Monday  July 4  2005    08: 45 AM

photography

Check out Marja-Leena's post on the people of the reindeer. And be sure to download the free book.

Land of the Saame


As my dear readers know, I'm fascinated by the northern indigenous cultures, in particular the Saami people of northern Europe who are a branch of the Finno-Ugric family. Some time ago I came across a Finnish photography website Leuku.fi that includes a book by Pekka Antikainen: Saamenmaa or Land of the Saame. It is viewable as a PDF (7.9 MB). It's full of gorgeous yet honest photographs and stories of the land and the people, with text in both Finnish and English. He writes,


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