The Sámi storehouse (njalla) is depicted on many drums from different areas. The njalla is a small hut in bear cache style, built on top of a cut tree. It is usually depicted with its ladder in front. Sámi deities are shown on several drum membranes.

The Sami of the far north also used a njalla, a type of storehouse built on top of a two- to three-meter-high tree trunk. A slanted log with steps was then used as a ladder and removed on departing from the site.

Apr 20, 2021 · Noaidi was the Sami religious leader in pre-Christian times. The drum was noaidi’s tool for communicating with the world of gods called Sáivo, where the dead also lived.

Oct 27, 2022 · A Sami drum is a shamanic ceremonial drum in the culture of the Sami people of Northern Europe. Sami ceremonial drums have two types: a bowl drum in which the drumhead is strapped over a burl, and a frame drum in which the drumhead stretches over a thin ring of bentwood. Both variations are oval-shaped. The drumhead is fashioned from reindeer hide.

Jun 19, 2017 · This is a modern interpretation of the Sami people’s traditional storehouse, the njalla. The Sami njalla is built on the trunk of a chopped tree.

Borrowed from Northern Sami njalla, from Proto-Samic *ńëlë. Compare Finnish niliaitta. njalla c. a traditional type of storage hut or cache built on top of a long stump of a tree or pole in order to prevent animals of getting hold of the contents (typically food or other perishables).

The Sámi Museum in Karasjok was established in 1972 as the first Sámi cultural institution in Norway. The museum has over 5,000 objects in the collections. This is the largest museum collection representing Sámi cultural history in Norway. The museum consists of a main building with exhibitions and magazines as well as an open-air museum.

Jul 22, 2017 · The Sami njalla is built on the trunk of a chopped tree. This is doubly fitting for the Immersion Rooms, since it both maintains the desired light touch with the ground while also paying respect to the civil engineering history of Northern Norway.

at the top of the hill, the architects created a modern interpretation of the sami people’s traditional storehouse — the njalla. built on the trunk of a chopped tree, the structure is enclosed in a steel skeleton, which was premade in trondheim by arnt waaberg (an old friend of lund and the project’s practical consultant) and NTNU ...