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Stabelavløpningsfesten

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Steinalderboplassen på Geita

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Sommeren er på hell og en båt nærmer seg neset på Geita. Båten er laget av skinn og er fullpakket av folk og utstyr. Helt forrest sitter en gutt og speider ivrig, kanskje er han rundt 10 år. Han har vært her før, men dette året er alt annerledes. De forrige gangene har han vært...

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The Grave Goods at Vang

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Burials took place at this site over a period of several hundred years approaching the 11th century A.D. In retrospect, many have wondered what actually happened. They understood that the more than 800 mounds had to contain graves. But it was unclear how old they were, and why they were so plentiful. A theory arose...

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The Vang Burial Site

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Burials during the Viking Age were public events in which everyone participated. The social standing of the living, the dead, and the family as a whole was expressed through rituals and the placement of the grave in the landscape. The tombs were supposed to remain visible, and can be found on heights, near settlements or...

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The Wild Reindeer Hunt

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Everything has been prepared for the great reindeer hunt. For several weeks, people from the village have cleaned and prepared the large trapping pits on the mountains and hillsides, covering them with twigs, leaves and peat. It had been a substantial task, and everyone, regardless of gender, age or size, had done their share of...

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Hunting the Mountainous Snowdrifts of the Past

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The leather-clad hunter moves with quiet purposeful steps through the vast mountainous area opposite the small mountain village of Oppdal. He has spotted a herd of reindeer on top of a snowdrift. Cautiously he slips within shooting range, places the arrow on the bow, draws, aims and shoots. It misses completely, with the arrow piercing...

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Fonnefangst fra fortiden i fjellet

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Den skinnkledde jegeren beveger seg med målbevisste, stille skritt i det vidstrakte fjellområdet overfor den lille fjellbygda Oppdal. Han har fått øye på en flokk med rein oppe på en snøfonn. Varsomt smyger han seg innenfor skuddhold, legger pila på buen, spenner den, sikter og skyter. Det blir helbom, pila lander i snøen ved flokken....

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Villreinfangsten

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Alt er klargjort til den store villreinjakta. I flere uker har folk fra bygda ryddet og renset gropene i de store fangstanleggene i fjellet og i dalsida og dekt over gropene med greiner, kvist, løv og torv. Det hadde vært litt av en jobb og alle hadde tatt sin tørn i arbeidet, liten som stor,...

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