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Beaska is a coat made of
Beaska is a coat made of reindeer
Reindeer (in North American English, known as caribou if wild and ''reindeer'' if domesticated) are deer in the genus ''Rangifer''. For the last few decades, reindeer were assigned to one species, ''Rangifer tarandus'', with about 10 sub ...
fur used by the Sami people, particularly in Torne
The Torne, also known as the Tornio ( fi, Tornionjoki, sv, Torne älv, , se, Duortneseatnu, fit, Tornionväylä), is a river in northern Sweden and Finland. For approximately half of its length, it defines the border between these two countr ...
. In Gällivare
Gällivare (; fi, Jällivaara; se, Jiellevárri or ; smj, Jiellevárre or ; fit, Jellivaara) is a locality and the seat of Gällivare Municipality in Norrbotten County, province of Lapland, Sweden with 8,449 inhabitants in 2010. The town wa ...
''beaska'' means thicker fur and is mainly used by the richer people. In Northern Sami language it could also mean ''newer fur'' as it was of young reindeer calves, which are themselves called ''peschki'' in some dialects. The Norwegian word for fur is pesk, which comes from ''päsket''- to cut. The Sami people also use the word ''muoddá'' (In Swedish: ''mudd'').
See also
* Four Winds hat * Luhkka *Gákti
Gákti is a piece of traditional clothing worn by the Sámi in northern areas of Norway, Sweden, Finland and the Kola Peninsula in Russia. The gákti is worn both in ceremonial contexts and while working, particularly when herding reindeer. The ...
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