Definitions
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- noun music A traditional style of
Sami singing orchanting - verb To
sing in a traditionalSami style
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Examples
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A fascinating style from Lapland, it's really more of a verb -- you "yoik" someone by creating their essence in a mélange of yelping and swooping somewhere between the sound of American Indian chanting, Meredith Monk's vocal improvisations and a wounded reindeer.
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A fascinating style from Lapland, it's really more of a verb -- you "yoik" someone by creating their essence in a mélange of yelping and swooping somewhere between the sound of American Indian chanting, Meredith Monk's vocal improvisations and a wounded reindeer.
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It's really more of a verb -- you "yoik" someone by creating his or her essence in a mélange of yelping and swooping.
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Even better I thought was him singing with Finnish band Hedningarna, which had this yoik (kind of like either Arab wailing or Native American chanting) with this funky techno music under it.
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Khakas odd meters are blending here with Sami yoik, dzuddahord is accompanying uilleann pipes, kaval meets chathan.
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Khakas odd meters are blending here with Sami yoik, dzuddahord is accompanying uilleann pipes, kaval meets chathan.
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For example, take the fascinating style from Lapland called yoik.
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But throughout the Arctic on Friday they turned out in colorful costumes, called Kofte, singing traditional yoik songs, and flying the Sami flag, to recall their roots.
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Suddenly I hear the la la la lo lo of a yoik, the chantlike poetry-song of the Sámi, coming from someone walking out on the tundra, but it’s too dark to see a soul.
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Suddenly I hear the la la la lo lo of a yoik, the chantlike poetry-song of the Sámi, coming from someone walking out on the tundra, but it’s too dark to see a soul.
bilby commented on the word yoik
"Yes, Strange accepted that what Morse had just said was exactly his own view. 'Morse. Let me give you a ring tomorrow, all right? We've got those bloody yoiks out on Broadmoor Lea to sort out ...'"
- Colin Dexter, 'The Way Through The Woods'.
November 1, 2008