A lavvu in the late 1800s, from "Norge i det nittende aarhundrede" (1900).
Lavvu (or Northern Sami: lávvu, Lule Sami: låvdagoahte, Inari Sami: láávu, Skolt Sami: kååvas, Kildin Sami: коавас (kåvas), Finnish: kota or umpilaavu, Norwegian: lavvo or sametelt, and Swedish: kåta) is a temporary dwelling used by the Sami people of northern extremes of Northern Europe. It has a design similar to a Native American tipi but is less vertical and more stable in high winds. It enables the indigenous cultures of the treeless plains of northern Scandinavia and the high arctic of Eurasia to follow their reindeer herds. It is still used as a temporary shelter by the Sami, and increasingly by other people for camping. It should not be confused with the goahti, another type of Sami dwelling, or the Finnish laavu.
Sami lavvu, but often constructed slightly larger. In its tent version the goahti is also called a 'curved pole' lavvu, or a 'bread box' lavvu as the...
from the other type of Sámi dwelling, the more temporary and tent-like lavvu, covered with skins or fabrics and somewhat similar to tipis. Some goahti...
the lavvu, goahti, the Finnish laavu. The differences between the goahti and the lavvu can be seen when looking at the top of structures. A lavvu will...
and Scouting movements have adapted a variant of the yurt and the Sami Lavvu (Kohte), calling them Schwarzzelt (black tent), a term mainly used for tents...
Siberian conical tent similar to North American tipi and the Nordic goahte and lavvu Dome tent Fly Forester, a wilderness camping tent with standing room at...
Wigwam, wickiup and wetu Zemlyanka Housing portal Traditional mobile Chum Lavvu Shepherd's hut Tipi Yaranga Yurt and ger Ger district Open-air Beach fale...
somewhat similar structure used by the Sami people of northern Scandinavia Lavvu, a conical tent covered with reindeer hides, used by the Sámi people of...
chopping tasks such as de-limbing, cutting small trees for shelter poles (See lavvu), brush clearing, bone breaking and butchering tasks, and is sometimes used...
municipality by royal resolution on 4 September 1987. It is a gold lavvu on a blue field. The lávvu is a traditional temporary dwelling similar to the tipi and...
European Arctic (North Norway and Sweden, Finland, North Russia) – Sami lavvu, Sami goahti Northwest Europe (Norway, Sweden, Fresia, Jutland, Denmark...
ceremonial tipis this vent is in the traditional fashion. Sami tents called a lavvu also have a smoke hole from which smoke from a campfire is vented out the...
fireplace, and in addition a lavvu is placed in each of the four corners to give space for workshops, lectures and ceremonies. Each lavvu has its own fireplace...
used for summer. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Yarangas. Tipi Lavvu Countries and Their Cultures - Chukchi: Living Conditions Collis, Dirmid...
Wigwam, wickiup and wetu Zemlyanka Housing portal Traditional mobile Chum Lavvu Shepherd's hut Tipi Yaranga Yurt and ger Ger district Open-air Beach fale...
Ahrensburg culture, tribes who hunted over vast territories and lived in lavvus on the tundra. There was little forest in this region except for arctic...
of Reindeer at a Sámi outpost where they bedded down for the night in a Lavvu. When Harry learned of an opportunity to head further into Nordland that...
developed different shelters appropriate to their culture: 25 including the lavvu and goahti. The development of different solutions in similar circumstances...
Wigwam, wickiup and wetu Zemlyanka Housing portal Traditional mobile Chum Lavvu Shepherd's hut Tipi Yaranga Yurt and ger Ger district Open-air Beach fale...
German Scouting and the German Youth Movement. Based on the Sámi goahti and lavvu and developed in the late 1920s and early 1930s, it is an open-topped tent...
mobiles to the camp site where, they must construct and spend the night in a Lavvu. The first team to reach camp will take a 5-minute lead into tomorrow. (Due...
spelled lavvu). The lavvo has a tincture of Or which means it is commonly colored yellow, but if it is made out of metal, then gold is used. The lavvu (often...
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