Apropos of today's #KimHill #radioNewZealand interview on the shamaic origins of Santa Claus, here is the structure of a Sami lavvu ...

https://flic.kr/p/vm2Y3t

When it's wrapped in reindeer hide and covered in snow, visitors can only enter the lavvu through the top, which is also the exit for smoke from the hearth fire. Not a chimney so much.

#tromsø #sami #lavvu #santaClaus
#rnz #radioNZ

Apropos of today's #KimHill #radioNewZealand interview on the shamaic origins of Santa Claus, here is the structure of a Sami lavvu ...

https://flic.kr/p/vm2Y3t

When it's wrapped in reindeer hide and covered in snow, visitors can only enter the lavvu through the top, which is also the exit for smoke from the hearth fire. Not a chimney so much.

#trømsø #sami #lavvu #santaClaus
#rnz #radioNZ