Hokkaido museum holds rare exhibition on Sami culture

A museum in northern Japan is holding a rare exhibition on the culture of Sami, the indigenous people of northern Europe and Russia, displaying some 140 items, including their craftworks, through Oct. 14.Such an exhibition focused on their culture is very rare, according to an official of the Hokkaido Museum of Northern Peoples, which specializes in the study of history and culture of people living in northern areas around the world including the Ainu people in Hokkaido.The museum has been collecting items related to Samis over the past 30 years such as traditional tents made of reindeer sk…READ FULL ARTICLE