Beautiful Sámiland
As we arrived to the little Sámi village on Thursday night, we saw the most beautiful northern lights. Actually, one person said he hadn't seen so beautiful northern lights during the two years he had lived there.
Only the next day in Kauto I realized God had led us there the best time of year: now the autumn colours were at their best, but only in few weeks comes the permanent snow, that stays for next eight months...The village is located in the middle of nowhere in arctic tundra, and the only threes there are birch trees that don't get taller than I am.
We spent Friday on preparing for the weekend, but got also to go to Juhls' silver gallery, a familiar place for everyone visiting the village. We also visited the family of my friend for the dinner. When the sun was setting we went to pick lingon berries on the back yard. Wow, I agree with my Sámi friends, who thank God that they are allowed to live in the most beautiful place on earth.
On Saturday morning we drove outside village to tundra. I got to think Kauto is a very- let me say interesting- place spiritually. Whereas people in Tampere and other cities in Finland tend to have difficulty to believe in supernatural things, here beliefs and spirituality are mixed with almost everything. Actually, this is much easier for me to understand, but I realise people need to be confronted differently in this context.
så kult at du syntes plassen var bra! kanskje jeg ser deg flere ganger i kauto?! håper det!!! du er hjertelig velkommen tilbake! håper vi kan ha flere slike samlinger snart!
Posted by: sara Victoria Andersen | October 03, 2005 at 08:45 AM