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Niiles-Jouni Aikio - Son of Lapland - CD
€25,00
Niiles-Jouni, a Sámi reindeer herder and joiker, was born in 1947 in a smoke sauna in Lemmenjoki, Inari. Through his father Uula and grandfather Kaapi Jouni, his family belongs to the renowned Aikio reindeer herding family from Inari and Utsjoki. Niiles-Jouni's mother, Inga, was the granddaughter of the famous Salkko Niila, originally of Norwegian Sámi descent.
In the early 1950s, the family moved from Lemmenjoki to Ivalon-Matti, by the Ivalojoki River, where Niiles-Jouni still has a reindeer farm today. From Ivalon-Matti, when reindeer herding duties allow, Niiles-Jouni has embarked on performance tours around the world.