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|sivun nimi=Joik - traditional song
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|artikkeliteksti=<P align="justify"> This monophonous vocal music is the traditional form of Saami music. The word chant can be used to describe the phenomenon in its different manifestations in the area inhabited by the Saami. This area can be roughly divided into three different regions according to the style of chanting: 
# the South and West Saami region, 
# the North Saami region and 
# and the East Saami region. 
North Saami chants are traditionally pentatonic and anhemitonic (without semitones) melodies based on the repetition of two or more phrases. The words of a chant are usually few in number, and they are highly figurative. The chant of the South and West Saami region often contains even fewer words than that of the North. It also features a variety of microtones and semitones. Microtonal intervals are also a feature of East Saami chants, especially those of the Kildin Saami. The scales are also without intervals. The verbal content of these chants is long and narrative, often relating myths and legends. </P>
<P align="justify"> Different words are used in the above mentioned regions to refer to the chant. The South and West Saami call it vuolle ({{Artikkelilinkki|1081|<i>luohti</i>}} - {{Artikkelilinkki|1076|<i>juoigat</i>}} to express the action of chanting). Juoiggus is used to express the general concept of chanting, whereas luohti is used of a particular chant or performance together with its gestures, expressions, melodies and words on a specific subject. Among the East Saami, the Skolts use the name {{Artikkelilinkki|0410|<i>levdd</i>}} or leuˊdd, and Kildin Saami [[Luvvjt|luvvjt]]. Chants based on traditional belief include those to the Sun and the Day and chants about sacred subjects. The Shaman s Chant, which tells of the journey of the shaman's soul ({{Artikkelilinkki|0803|reindeer}} (Rangifer tarandus), and they exhibit a wealth of different names for this animal. Next comes the {{Artikkelilinkki|0864|wolf}} (Canis lupus), [[guovža (karhu)|guovža (bear)]] (Ursu arctos), the elk (Alces alces) and the dog (Canis lupus domesticus). Of the birds the most commonly chanted include the long-tailed duck (Clangula hyemalis) and the [[Ptarmigan|willow grouse]] (Lagopus lagopus). 
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|kirjoittaja=Minna-Riikka Järvinen
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