Mari Boine - Gula Gula (Hear the voices of the foremothers) by Jan Helmer Olsen

Mari Boine - Gula Gula - Hear the voices of the foremothers Album: Gula Gula, 1989 Music& lyrics Mari Boine Vocal& drum: Mari Boine Guitar: Roger Ludvigsen Quena: Carlos Zamata Quispe Claypot: Unni Shael Damslora Drone Drum: Ale Møller Producer: Tellef Kvifte Publisher: Sony ATV Sweden Video: Jan Helmer Olsen Portrait photo: Gro A. Stokke This video of the legendary song “Gula Gula” features beautiful landscapes of Sápmi in the Nothern part of Norway. The footage was captured by Jan Helmer Olsen in an invitation to take you to discover the beauty of Sámiland and its Indigenous culture. The music and the unique voice of Mari Boine reflect the power and the silence of nature. Gula Gula means Hear the voices of the foremothers, a song written in the Sámi language over 30 years ago, as a roar to bring awareness to preserve our Mother Earth. More than ever, we need to listen to the ancient wisdom of the Indigenous world. LYRICS GULA GULA Gula gula nieida gánda Gula máttut dál du čurvot manin attát eatnama duolvat mirkkoduvvot guoriduvvot Gula jiena nieida gánda Gula máttaráhkuid jiena Eana lea min buohkaid eadni Su jos soardit ieža jápmit Letgo diktán iežat báidnot leatgo iešge mielde gilvvus Gula máttut dál dus jerret itgo don muitte gos don vulget Dus leat oappát dus leat vielljat Lulli–Ámeriihkka arvevuvddiin Ruonaeatnama geađgerittuin Itgo don muitte gos don vulget Gula gula nieida gánda Gula máttut dál du čurvot manin attát eatnama duolvat mirkkoduvvot guoriduvvot Gula jiena nieida gánda gula máttaráhkuid jiena Eana lea min buohkaid eadni Su jos soardit ieža jápmit HEAR THE VOICES OF THE FOREMOTHERS Gula brother Gula sister Hear the voices of our foremothers Why have you defiled the earth Poisoned depleted Listen brother Listen sister Hear the song of our ancestors Eatnan, our mother, is Earth If we kill her we also die Did you get snared in the fiction That symbiosis is competition Hear our forefathers’ question Do you know where you are from You have brothers You have sisters in the Amazonian rainforests on the windswept cliffs of Greenland Do you remember where you come from Translated to English by Julie Whitehorn.