Photo: Trond H. Trosdahl/Lehtikuva The national flag shared by Sámi people across northern Europe features the bright colours of traditional Sámi costumes, with red and blue halos signifying the sun and the moon.
The kids and teachers at the Sámi-language daycare Máttabiegga Giellabeassi (South Wind Language Nest) in Helsinki taught us several useful expressions in Northern Sámi, the most widely spoken of the three quite different Sámi languages used in Finland.
