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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.
On CD: Baltic Runes 2010
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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.
NPR Topics: News 2010
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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.
WN.com - Articles related to Kyrgyzstan Swears in Caretaker President 2010
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Khakas odd meters are blending here with Sami yoik, dzuddahord is accompanying uilleann pipes, kaval meets chathan.
WN.com - Articles related to Kyrgyzstan Swears in Caretaker President 2010
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For example, take the fascinating style from Lapland called yoik.
NPR Topics: News 2010
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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.
The Memory Palace Mira Bartók 2011
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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.
The Memory Palace Mira Bartók 2011
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