:00:09. > :00:18.Coming up on the programme this week, I am on an Arctic adventure
:00:19. > :00:21.deep in Finnish Lapland. I hang out with a rapper who is helping to
:00:22. > :00:30.preserve a nearly extinct Arctic language. And I get possibly too
:00:31. > :00:33.close to a reindeer round-up. I would not want to be hit by one of
:00:34. > :01:05.them, though. Hello and welcome to the travel show
:01:06. > :01:16.with me. This week we are in the north of Finland. To be precise, we
:01:17. > :01:19.are in Inari, home to the Indigenous Sami people whose culture and
:01:20. > :01:23.language is under threat. I have come here to spend time with the
:01:24. > :01:36.Sami people to see how tourism is saving their culture. Finnish
:01:37. > :01:43.Lapland is as close as it gets to a winter wonderland. Over 1 million
:01:44. > :01:50.tourists come here every year in search of the Northern lights, Santa
:01:51. > :01:55.and his reindeer. The Sami are the Indigenous people who live in this
:01:56. > :02:00.part of the world. From the north of Norway, Sweden, Finland and the far
:02:01. > :02:08.north-eastern part of Russia. There are around 6000 Samis left in this
:02:09. > :02:13.part of Finland and here they are known as the Inari because they live
:02:14. > :02:25.around Lake Inari, 250 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle. I have
:02:26. > :02:30.never been so far north. After landing in the local town, just a
:02:31. > :02:40.1.5 hour flight from Helsinki, I meet my first Inari friend. The!
:02:41. > :02:47.Welcome to Finland. I am Johan. Look at your outfits! You look amazing!
:02:48. > :02:51.Thank you. Is this our transport? Yes. It will be our transport for
:02:52. > :02:58.this trip. We have so much planned for you. I love that hat. That is
:02:59. > :03:04.the way forward. It is really warm. Life here must be quite difficult.
:03:05. > :03:08.There is snow on the ground for seven monthss of the year and the
:03:09. > :03:13.most practical way to move around is by snowmobile. So this is the best
:03:14. > :03:19.way to get there? There is no other way to get there. OK. So this is how
:03:20. > :03:31.I am rolling. And you will teach me? Yes. These things revolutionised
:03:32. > :03:37.life here. We got them about 50 or 60 years ago. It made things firies
:03:38. > :03:45.here. What did you use before these? Skis. Skis and reindeer. Old school.
:03:46. > :03:49.Normally when you are driving you have your feet in here and your
:03:50. > :03:54.hands on the bar and if you want to go right you pull right, left you
:03:55. > :04:00.pull left. The break we have on the left. This is the panic button. If
:04:01. > :04:10.something happens you just hit that one. I hit that Barton and scream?
:04:11. > :04:16.-- button. It is so hard to believe that I am on a snowmobile going
:04:17. > :04:21.across Lake Inari in Finland. Believe me, there is thousands and
:04:22. > :04:40.thousands of gallons of water. It is crazy. This place is so beautiful. I
:04:41. > :04:44.was not expecting bad! -- that! Around 30 years ago, the Inari Sami
:04:45. > :04:49.culture was on the verge of extinction. Inevitably there has
:04:50. > :04:54.been a drift to the city, to an easier life. Traditional cultures
:04:55. > :04:59.experience that lost the world over. But these days, tourism is creating
:05:00. > :05:07.jobs, allowing some young Sami to move back home. Inari Sami culture
:05:08. > :05:13.has been under pressure for decades. In the past, this community it was
:05:14. > :05:22.marginalised and their mother tongue banned from schools. With only 400
:05:23. > :05:26.Sami Inari speakers, the language is still threatened. But one man is
:05:27. > :05:30.coming to the rescue, using an unconventional method.
:05:31. > :05:48.You are a hip-hop artist and you wrap in your native language, Inari.
:05:49. > :05:54.Yes. Inari Sami language. Tell me about it. I love hip-hop at the last
:05:55. > :06:04.place I would expect to find a hip-hop artist is in Lapland. Yes.
:06:05. > :06:13.The middle of nowhere. Many people think it is quite weird doing
:06:14. > :06:17.hip-hop gangsta rap in Inari Sami language, spoken by 400 people. That
:06:18. > :06:23.is the way I am telling about this, this minority in a minority. I like
:06:24. > :06:30.the sound. It is mystical, people do not know it. There are only 400
:06:31. > :06:40.Inari Sami speakers in the world. I mean... In the case, what is the
:06:41. > :06:44.average age of your listeners? The most people who speak Inari Sami as
:06:45. > :06:50.their mother tongue are mostly over 50 years old. Older people. And
:06:51. > :07:04.those older people, a day into hip-hop? I don't think so. But there
:07:05. > :07:10.is a new generation now. OK. Can you spit some bars for us? I am pretty
:07:11. > :07:14.sure that this will be the premiere of BBC of anyone hearing someone
:07:15. > :07:40.wrap in Inari Sami. We are looking forward to this.
:07:41. > :07:53.Inari Sami in the house! That is wicked! I loved it. I felt it. I was
:07:54. > :08:00.there. My first day in Lapland is nearly over. It has been great. I
:08:01. > :08:05.learnt to use a snowmobile which is practical and a lot of fun. Tomorrow
:08:06. > :08:10.I head into the forest and before I go into the forest I want to get the
:08:11. > :08:14.correct gear and I need some traditional Sami closing. I have
:08:15. > :08:22.heard that there is someone here who can help me out with that. Fellow!
:08:23. > :08:32.Halo! Nice to meet you. I am Stefanie. Coming in. Sami handicraft
:08:33. > :08:36.is centuries old and dates back to a time when the Sami were far more
:08:37. > :08:46.isolated from the outside world than they are today. What are you making?
:08:47. > :08:49.A belt? How long does it take you? It takes me five hours but people
:08:50. > :08:56.who have done at their whole life, it does not take them long. Move
:08:57. > :09:02.quicker, Stefanie! Come on. Using wool, Atlas, wood and reindeer skin,
:09:03. > :09:06.the Sami we've centuries-old patterns, each specific to a
:09:07. > :09:11.particular area or family. Stefanie was forced to move away to look for
:09:12. > :09:16.work but she has recently returned back to Inari and teachers
:09:17. > :09:23.handicraft making to tourists. I got bored. Sad in Finland. And my
:09:24. > :09:27.grandmother gave me the passion to come here and learn the language.
:09:28. > :09:33.How important is it for you to keep the tradition going? There are very
:09:34. > :09:39.very few handicraft makers who do this. It is very important for me.
:09:40. > :09:44.It is light, sometimes I think, who would I be if I did not do these
:09:45. > :09:56.things? Is a difficult? Could I have a go? I don't know... Yes, of
:09:57. > :10:03.course. So it needs to be tight? There goes my ribs. This looks so
:10:04. > :10:13.complicated. And that goes up? I think I need, like... Four pairs of
:10:14. > :10:19.hands. I go through? There? Yes. And then you pull it. And then you have
:10:20. > :10:25.to do that over and over for every row? I'm surprised it only takes
:10:26. > :10:31.five hours. This would take me five days! It is complicated. Here are
:10:32. > :10:40.some gloves for you. How many hours did they take you to make? Those
:10:41. > :10:45.ones did not take me long. When you have done it for years that you can
:10:46. > :10:48.do that with your eyes closed. Superb. How do I look? You look
:10:49. > :11:07.supercool. Still to come: I try my hand at
:11:08. > :11:22.rounding up the reindeer here. So, don't go away! The Travel Show, your
:11:23. > :11:27.essential guide, wherever you're headed!
:11:28. > :11:40.Now, back to my adventure with the Indigenous people here in northern
:11:41. > :11:44.Finland. It's -13 Celsius, and guess what my friends have got lined up
:11:45. > :11:50.for me? We going to go fishing today. You've been fishing before?
:11:51. > :11:54.I've never been fishing before. Well, I have, I've been to the
:11:55. > :11:59.supermarket and looked for different fish on different shelves. A really
:12:00. > :12:13.important question, do I get to use the snowmobile again? Guess is! Oh,
:12:14. > :12:17.yes! Lets rock 'n' roll -- Yes! The Indigenous people have lived in
:12:18. > :12:26.harmony with nature here for thousands of years. The wilderness
:12:27. > :12:32.around Lake Nari is virtually on unspoiled, unlike the rest of
:12:33. > :12:40.Europe, which has been largely harmed by companies. Fishing is one
:12:41. > :12:48.of the most popular sports for both tourists and locals. Their's a real
:12:49. > :12:53.emphasis on low impact tourism here, playing a big part in protecting
:12:54. > :12:59.this fragile Arctic ecosystem. There are not many places to work around
:13:00. > :13:03.here, not everybody can be a reindeer herd. Other people are
:13:04. > :13:10.interested in the lifestyle we have. It gives the possibility to earn
:13:11. > :13:15.money and make a living out of tourism. How important is it to you
:13:16. > :13:20.that the Saami lifestyle continues and that you can pass it on from one
:13:21. > :13:29.generation to another? I think about the future, I wonder what I will do
:13:30. > :13:37.when I am grown up, or what my children will do. I like to have
:13:38. > :13:48.this lifestyle, to remain here. So, fish and potatoes on Monday,
:13:49. > :13:53.potatoes and fished on Tuesday... Wednesday, maybe reindeer bits? Then
:13:54. > :13:59.back to fish and potatoes on Thursday. It's a great way to keep
:14:00. > :14:08.warm! The real thrill here is trying to catch fish with a rod. Can I have
:14:09. > :14:15.a go? There are fish below us, swimming under one metre of ice. I'm
:14:16. > :14:31.keeping warm! Well done, well done. It's getting tough! Their's layers
:14:32. > :14:39.under here. See, I did all the hard work! -- There's. The next thing to
:14:40. > :14:50.do is to find out if there are fishes. You could tell me anything
:14:51. > :15:07.and I believe you! Is at freshwater? , -- oh, that's good -- it. With
:15:08. > :15:10.only a handful of shops around, most fish still have to be caught rather
:15:11. > :15:18.than purchased, otherwise nobody would eat. Take care of that one, if
:15:19. > :15:24.you see it running, grab it. It's always good to have something to
:15:25. > :15:31.drink with you when you're out here. I need to improve my technique. But
:15:32. > :15:44.I'm multitasking! Multiple chances to get fish. Cheers. Cheers. Cheers.
:15:45. > :15:49.At the moment, nothing is biting, so I am leaving them behind in the hope
:15:50. > :15:53.that they catch something while I go to find an animal that captures the
:15:54. > :15:58.name of everyone who comes to this land. Now, this is something I've
:15:59. > :16:02.been looking for two ever since I got here. Oh, this feels really
:16:03. > :16:08.revoked. We are deep in the forest. I've come here because I'm going to
:16:09. > :16:12.meet a traditional Saami reindeer herd. He's going to give me just a
:16:13. > :16:20.little experience of the traditional Saami lifestyle. Hello! Nice to meet
:16:21. > :16:30.you. Nice to meet you. Welcome. What have you got here? I have got some
:16:31. > :16:41.last two, that is how we catch the reindeer. -- lassoo. We may be here
:16:42. > :17:05.for some time! Here we go. OK, Mr reindeer. Yes! Well done. -- lasoo.
:17:06. > :17:17.Like many herdsmen here, Petri supplement his income with tourism.
:17:18. > :17:28.He takes tourists into the forest to experience living like a herd for a
:17:29. > :17:35.day. I can't even the reindeer, I can't imagine how had it must be to
:17:36. > :17:41.survive in these conditions. But the Saami have been doing this for
:17:42. > :17:46.hundreds of thousands of years -- herder. There are more reindeer than
:17:47. > :17:51.people here. Reindeer needs of large areas of unspoiled forest to find
:17:52. > :17:57.the little food that is buried under the Snow. Is difficult in the
:17:58. > :18:04.winter. They get their own food in the forest. They did in the snow,
:18:05. > :18:11.they like it on the land. They are coming down, they know you're here!
:18:12. > :18:16.The semi- regional parliament looks after not just their heritage but
:18:17. > :18:20.also their rights to land and natural resources -- Saami. If
:18:21. > :18:25.someone come here and offered me a good job in the big city, told me,
:18:26. > :18:30.you'd get $1 million every year, I would say, you can take it.
:18:31. > :18:35.Fantastic! You're not a millionaire, but you're a happy man because
:18:36. > :18:44.you've got the perfect office. Let's rock and roll. Reindeer herding is
:18:45. > :18:49.in his blood. These animals have been crucial to his family for
:18:50. > :18:56.survival for generations, providing food, clothing and transport. We are
:18:57. > :19:06.surrounded by reindeer. This is so beautiful. Look at them!
:19:07. > :19:45.how many reindeer do you have? How much money in the bank do you have?
:19:46. > :19:49.OK, I won't ask how many! It's incredible to think that these
:19:50. > :19:54.animals find any food in these windswept and frozen woods. Most
:19:55. > :20:05.reindeer rely on lichen as a food source in winter. Petri supplement
:20:06. > :20:16.their diet to increase their chances of survival until the springtime.
:20:17. > :20:28.So, how cold does it get out here? Now, it's only -5. Only! Three weeks
:20:29. > :20:34.ago, it was -40 four. There is one weekend where it was -50 one. Oh my
:20:35. > :20:45.god. It must be impossible to work... No, no. You have the right
:20:46. > :20:57.clothes!. It's not bad weather, it is the bad clothes! Are we going to
:20:58. > :21:00.build a fire? Yes. Cool! It's a bit hairy, at times you think they're
:21:01. > :21:04.going to hit you with their antlers. But they avoid you. They're only
:21:05. > :21:06.interested in the food and each other. I wouldn't want to get hit by
:21:07. > :21:20.one of them though. -- them, though. Well, I've had an amazing time here
:21:21. > :21:25.in Finnish Lapland. And this place just gets to you, it has a real
:21:26. > :21:30.rugged beauty. It is the furthest north that I'd ever been to. It
:21:31. > :21:53.feels like I'm at one with nature. It's been such a privilege to spend
:21:54. > :22:00.time with the Saami people. Well, that's it for this week. Join us
:22:01. > :22:06.next week when... As India celebrates its 70th Independence
:22:07. > :22:13.anniversary, we set off on a mammoth 2-part journey from the West to the
:22:14. > :22:17.east. I'm on a quest to find out how history, religion and politics have
:22:18. > :22:23.shaped India. And also meet the people who call this intriguing, and
:22:24. > :22:28.sometimes overwhelming country, home. It's going to be an amazing
:22:29. > :22:32.journey. That's next week. If you want to see what we are getting up
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:22:37. > :22:41.All the details should be on your screens right now. But for right
:22:42. > :22:54.now, be in the huskies here in Finnish Lapland and all the Travel
:22:55. > :23:15.Show team, it's goodbye -- from me and the huskies.
:23:16. > :23:17.It's a pretty quiet weather story really into the weekend
:23:18. > :23:21.One thing's for certain, it's going to be pretty mild.
:23:22. > :23:27.I think Saturday looks like the driest day of the weekend