Lol, you guys should hook up if they ever go to Sweden. You could show them it really is that pretty and teach them to attract cows. And film it, obviously. Hur kommer det sig att inget skivbolag har signat dig förresten? Ska kolla var jag kan köpa din musik. Najs blend utav Svenska/Samiska typ. Hälsningar från Fjollträsk.
Jonna Jinton has the most beautiful channel on UA-cam! She invites us to the magic world of the old traditions and the wonderful nature of northern Sweden. It's so beautiful and relaxing! Jonna is a true artist in every sense! ❤
We love @jonnajinton, she makes us proud of our folklore and traditions. Thanks for the love and respect for our culture ..! Very good video guys..! :)
Jonna said that the cattle herding video was shot on a whim, that she has no relation to the cows, yet they still came to the ancient call! She's even had kulning results from cats and even swans! These three vastly different species come to the call out of curiosity, almost like they're under a trance, you can see them tilting their heads and focusing on Jonna as she sings. I think this is proof that humans can be magical
Jonna has her own cow called Stjärna, which means Star in English. She was calling Stjärna to her with her kulning, but all the cows came to her along with Stjärna. She keeps her cow on a neighbour's farm during the winter.
Kulning is a Swedish style of singing/cattle calling dating back to the Viking era. The wonderful thing about kulning is that it can be heard for miles.
If you want more swedish culture, listen to Jon Henrik Fjällgren, he sings in a way that is called ”joiking”. Jon Henrik is a raindeer herder(also called a sami)and joiking is a part of the sami culture. You could listen to his song ”daniel’s joik” when he sings it on Sweden’s got talent, turn the subtitles on so you can understand the story behind the song: ua-cam.com/video/woEcdqqbEVg/v-deo.html
@@swedmiroswedmiro1352 Or why not go with someone more pleasant and simplistic, who does not confuse the point with too much sound to someone unfamiliar with the concept of joik??? Here, also at the same time honoring the grand old dame of sami music, Mari Boine. Vildà - Goaskanviellja (Eagle Brother): ua-cam.com/video/Q5R9d2USULE/v-deo.html (Yes, they're Finnish, just let it go. Same difference).
SwedMiro SwedMiro maxima bäst. Västerås här men åker till Kiruna faktiskt 2 gånger om året för att hänga. En gång på vintern och en på sommaren. Jag kör bil upp och ner och maxima tar plats i spellistan kan jag säga. Det gör dom flesta norrländska artister. Förutom Johan färnkål
Cows are just as social as us humans.. If you speak/sing to them and make them special - a special connection, they will come to you without any hesitation.
most cows I've known are either really skittish or just all make a B line for you sometimes running to keep up. I love the ones who stay at the gate for a head rub or lick your hand but the nature of some is ..unpredictable at least what I've known. But I used to live in a town and now I'm in the country YAY it might be different over here :)
React to Jon-Henrik Fjällgren. He is sami (sub culture) in Sweden. He sings an enchanting style called ”jojk” on Swedish ”Talent/talang”. They are reindeer hearders. Sweden is a long land, but not wide. I live in North Norrland and it’s enchanting. There was mostly sami living in the north of Sweden and vikings in the rest of Sweden. Northern Sweden has a mix of both cultures and most cities has sami names, like Jokkmokk and Arvidsjaur. Sami culture reminds alot of native american. Here is his audition video to Talang. It has english subtitles. ua-cam.com/video/woEcdqqbEVg/v-deo.html
Sami people lives in all Fennoscandinavian countries... Like Finland and Norway also. So there is "jojk" in all of those countries and this cow hearding too.
Of course the cows are coming. I would if Jonna called! Jokes aside the cows are tame. They comes to people for company or protection and in the afternoon when they hear the call they know it's time to head home!
In Dalarna Sweden they had the cows out to graze and it was often young women that workt as shepards at the "fäbods" they called the cows with song... (the females from that region is even called "dalkullor")
Same here in Hälsingland, guess all south and mid Norrland did it to, but in the Area called Finnmarken shared by Dalarna and Hälsingland it was young boys from the age of 10 who herded the cattle through summer in the forrest, there was even an old folksong where they say that cows and sheeps are Valuable (expensive) because in the area where there was both Bears and Wolfs, the songs continous with "but small boys are really cheap to hire", think about that 2019 that you are ten years old and have to defend cows and sheeps from wolfs and bears, alone out in the wild forrest, with nobody to call for help to.! 🙀
Cows are actually quite curious. That's likely why they are coming in this case ( I don't think those are her cows). It's of course no problem to condition the animals to respond. Often a mix of flower, grain and salt was used as highly effective treats. Being social animals they are often willing to respond to people they know, regardless. Since it often was used to call animals from many miles away, each caller/singer would have their own style in order to attract the correct animals. The style of singing imitates and is probably inspired by "lurs" (birch-trumpets). The lur was not only for music, but was used to communicate between people over long distances. The style used in cowcalling, and also sheep and goatcalling (with more or less subtle differences) , are likely all derivates of "kauking" (calling between people). This is especially useful and common in the mountains and high plateaus. So yes, dear swedes, this is a norwegian invention 🤣
@@ReactToTheWorld I'll give you another: My mother grew up on a small farm with different animals and a handfull cows. They would feed them a special "power-feed" (much as described above) once a day. The cows go nuts for it and comes immediatly when they hear someone approach the troughs. Then they'll more or less stampeed and fight each other in front of the gate, which will only be opened after the troughs have been filled. You don't want to be anywhere close to them at this time, because they're big and powerful and only focused on the food. One day during feeding, her parents noticed a cow missing, which is pretty unheard of. They went looking and quickly found the cow laying down in the middle of the field. The reason she didn't attend the feeding was clear... My mother, about 5 years old, was sleeping on top of the cows belly (yes, this was a long time ago, before CPS). As soon as they lifted her off, the cow ran to the feeding. This is how my mother explains that cows are her favorite animals. Cows certainly are more complex than they get credit for.
I went to New Zealand last year, all the way down to invercargill. Across the road from my daughters house there is a deer farm. I played this very video of Jonna’s on a speaker loud to the deer, and I kid you not the deer came to the fence! I was amazed and in love! 💕
Jonna Jinton. Artist. Priestess? Goddess? Thank you, Jonna, for breaking open the heart of ancient Scandinavica...my ancient ancestresses are so happy!
Far north? Yes it is. Stockholm has the same latitude as southern Alaska. Jonna Jinton lives at 63 latitude. Kiruna in Sweden is at latitude 67.855800. The latitude of Anchorage, AK, USA is 61.217381
Not anymore lol! I haven't seen snow or had to wear gloves in years. I live in Halland. As a child in the 90s we were playing in the snow and freezing our bodyparts off. But it haven't snowed here in Halmstad for at least 5-10 years. Caqn't even remember the last time.
I'm a swede, living in Sweden yeah, and actually the kuling song works even if the animals doesn't know the person calling on them cause I were at Gotland island in Sweden visiting my mother living there and her neighbours have sheeps and there was someone there kuling on their sheeps and my mother's neighbours had no idea who that was but the sheeps came! Yeah I don't know why that song works but the animals seem to love it.
Joanna has a very nature based way of life, she is young woman who is blessed in the gift of calm , cows, horses, donkeys, even elephants have a very curious musical side . Joanna has a very soothing voice be her talking or singing , love her videos and love your reactions to her 👍
Lol. Sweden is part of the Nordic countries and the Arctic circle goes through it, but you can see the northern lights much further down(south) in the country.
The instrument that sounds a bit like a violin in the second video is, actually an instrument unique to Sweden. It’s called a “nyckelharpa” which can be translated into “key harp” or “keyed fiddle”. Here’s a short video of someone playing it that you should really check out! ua-cam.com/video/e7sK5OiJHHQ/v-deo.html
Regarding the cows: they are can be inquisitive, and can come to you just because you are new to them, you don't have to call for them. I have been hiking past a cow pasture, and had the entire herd almost stampeding towards me just because I was something new and exciting. They stopped just short of the flimsy fence separating us, and the cows and I spent some time looking at each other, before i continued on my way. Had they wanted to get through the fence they could have done so with no difficulty at all, it was mostly a thin wire (not even electrified!). Regarding the "kulning": the sounds have probably evolved over time, to carry far in nature without having to put out a high volume. Since, in historic times, there were few fences to keep the cattle from wandering, you might have to try rounding up your herd (before winter, os you can keep them in a barn) over a very large area, and you would thus want to expend as little energy as possible making noises to gather the herd. I don't think the sound itself has any meaning to the cattle, it's just something they have learnt: this particular kind of noise (which does not occur naturally) means there is a human that wants us to go to him/her. And regarding the "far north": JJ does not live all that far north. I think Chesterfield Inlet in Canada's Hudson Bay (look it up on eg Google Maps) is quite exactly as far north as the place JJ lives. While this might seem far north in Canada, Sweden extends for another ~500 kilometres north of JJ, and all of this, except the last ~100 km, is inhabited. And it's not "inhabited" in the way you imagine you could see in National Geographic documentaries, with the occasional first peoples village here and there, it's inhabited in the way that you have mobile phone service almost everywhere, you can buy groceries without travelling more than an hour at most (depending on road conditions, in winter it might be longer). And even the small villages with under 100 inhabitants are starting to get broadband access now, and not over the mobile networks! In any way, it was interesting to see two foreigners reacting to something quintessentially Swedish. And if you come here, you should make two trips,one in summer and one in winter. And when you come in winter, you should not miss the ice hotel: a hotel built almost entirely (!) with ice. They do have to make some exceptions, but as far as practically possible, they will use snow and ice to build the hotel. And if you order a drink in the hotel bar, you don't have to ask to have it "on the rocks" because the glasses are usually made of ice...
Cows are very curious creatures, they will come investigate unusual things. I once landed my paraglider on a cattle ranch and all the cows came up to the fence to say hello.
Shes from Faroe Islands thou, but I some of her stuff is xtra ordinary good, but I like her clean sounding stuff best think they overproduce some stuff to make her sound a little like Björk instead of using her naked voice who I think is her real strength.
The ancient northmen believed the Aurora Borealis to be the Bifrost. The Rainbow Bridge between the realms that the gods walk upon. And thank you for this! I did not know this wonderful singer did other music. I had only seen the herd calling video. So thank you!
Jonna is very good, but I think you should listen to other people who do this as well. Jonna is working so much with the sound production that you don't really hear what it sounds like when it's more raw.
They don't "know" to come. They are curious animals. Something odd happens and they want to check it out. I have cattle. I use a completely different call and they still come. Now, mine are conditioned to come when I call. They know it's time for new pasture. Maybe that's cheating... I don't know. But it works. 😅
it's not just cows though, there is a certain curiosity that some animals respond with even if they're not tamed. Some times wild birds like swans or geese will come pretty close even though they'd normally stay far away.
Jonna is magical and Kulning attracts more animals than cows. There is a video on youtube where a Swedish woman calls on a swan and a baby swan when she is Kulning. Listen to "Herr mannelig with Garmarna" it is a very "haunting" song to! The text is believed to have originated from the Viking Age but changed some over the years since scandinavia become Christian.
Hello! Love you guys I hope you can react to what Sweden is famous from, or things that Sweden is very good at. Another fun thing you can do is trying to speak Swedish. I am from Sweden and i think that Sweden is a very good place to live on, so it’s fun to see you guys doing videos about out Little country.
This is how they call their cowed back in North Sweden because there is a "emty" landskape and their ciwes could be far away... For ca 100 years ago girls called "Kullor" in summertime was living in small houses in forest to watch after the cows
I actually saw my grandmother do this for real when I was a whee kid in the Swedish north. It was amazing hearing the echo bounce back from the mountain on the other side of the lake. (this is not my grandmother) Calling a Swan ua-cam.com/video/Yy90wZbepiE/v-deo.html Calling a deer ua-cam.com/video/beedJkxmsnI/v-deo.html Kulning: Ancient Swedish herding call and signaling singing. Done right it carries miles and miles over water and through valleys. Used to call home animals or to signal between two houses or villages. Also used to communicate between farms and villages whenever needed. Signal systems where made up beforehand. This special vocal technique creates overtones that deteriorate very slowly over distance and could therefore travel very far. The characteristic tonal phrasing that is used formed the ground for Swedish folk music singing where you phrase the words and only do one tonal change per word instead of tonal runs that is used in the rest of the world. That creates a simplicity that is refreshing and gives more importance to the words in a song instead of on the singer. (Listen to Chris Kläfford and noticed the one tone changes in words instead of runs) That lead to the traditional Nordic folk music. 3/3ds, Beat on 3 and 1 with 1 marked. (Hambo) ua-cam.com/video/hPkxBVclmXI/v-deo.html And then why Jazz became so huge in Sweden. We already did it since hundreds of years We just needed to put in in 4/4 time code. (Or in this case 6/8 time code which basically is the same thing but fits better with the 3/3 lyrics) ua-cam.com/video/Ga1ApVYQ3Qc/v-deo.html And after some washing through modern technology these things ends up in ABBA, Roxette, Opeth and Meshuggah. When you know what to listen for it is actually quite fun to hear Nordic folk music end up in even Katy Perry, Pink and Gaga (through Max Martin and a slew of other nordic producers)
You should check out the Ice Hotel in Sweden. That's pretty cool. I've never been there myself, but I'd love to go one day. Also, I love Jonna's singing and videos. So amazing.
Sorry guys, but most swedes do NOT know what kulning is anymore. Sadly... It's an amazing art and herding technique. You should cover something with "nyckelharpa" a swedish/norweigan instrument, truly awesome and beautiful! let me know if you need any recommendations!
You guys should go to her homepage that she sells her paintings on. She is a complete artist. Also her and her husband also make jewelry that you should look at. The two of them have such a perfect life together.
Kulning and Jojkning is different, jojk tells story sometimes, kulning calling the cattle and also used as a way to communicate over a little further distances, sometimes kulning and Näverlur was used as communication tools in south and mid Norrland, Dalarna Wärmland etc, there was men who did kulning also but not as common as womans thou, because men had to take care of the crops and hay to prepare for the winter while womens did herding the cattles and did things like chese and butter with the summer milk.
She also used this on a wild swan, and it came swimming towards her :) That I found very amazing since wild animals mostly keep some distance to people. Funny thing with cattle is that they like music, music in cattle have a similar effect to music in humans, it works as a stress reducer. It helps them relax. Dairy cows can even yield more milk if the farmers let them listen to music.
I grew up on a dairy farm. Cows milk more when they listen to music when getting milked. I think its because they're relaxed. I think they just like music.
My wife does this to call me home, when I'm out in the mountain chopping wood or collecting ingredients for mead. Hm. It does sound like I'm an npc in Skyrim.
Kulning is kinda related to the Sami-peoples Joik and Joddeling for the people in the alps.... They all came to be to herd cattle. They sound kinda mezmerize the cattle to follow it. By the way it could also be used to send message for far distances. ;-) And hey you gotta get it? Wouldnt you check out the strange person doing strange noises? lol. Cows are curious beings, just like us. They had to go and check who did those strange uncowly noises. :-) BY the way always wondered why Hollywood uses New Zealand, Norway and places like that for their magical or outer planetary scenery when they easly could came to Sweden to do the very same (Even Finland) We do in sense have the same enviroment. ;-) I mean Star Wars Episode 5 is Norway. Gotland (an Island in the batlic Sea) is having several sceneres that looks like Different places on earth. I even think that Game Of Thrones should get here filming, Dont know if they did or not? BY the way They did use Scandinavian type of instruments in the soundtrack for Lord of the Rings... The Norwegian Hardangerfela (Again with this Norway thing. lol. ) New Zealand is looking like Norway in many ways....
Have to share this. Is actually written buy one of my old Teachers in folk clore music when I studid on Gotland. He wrote this poetic piece that tells about the Blacksmith Volund. Volunds wife (or daughter dont remember wich one now) got killed by a god or something, and VOlund decide to revenge her. This story can be found on a big Rune Stone in a museum on Gotland. So my teacher wrote down story in several songs. :-) ua-cam.com/video/wxCrJIoh6-A/v-deo.html
Cows like music :) my grandparents have the radio on in the barn for them. And my grandmother does the calling but quite different then Jonnas :) it's fun to see your reaction to traditional swedish singing traditions!
The aurora borealis can be seen throughout most of Sweden, but it is mostly only seen in the 'mid & southern' parts, when there are strong sunflares colliding with earth, usually, you have to be on the northern part of Sweden in order to see them a bit more often. Since the electro magnetic field isn't as strong in at the poles.
The most intriguing part of "kulning" is not that it is hauntingly beautiful, but due to the frequency used, it can travel a VERY long distance. Cows are naturally curious so she could make many other noises too and they would react the same way, but it creates a bit of magic over it all in this video. Love your reactions!
They know when to stop because the fences are electric. They're also domesticated. Aurora Borealis is only seen in the northern hemisphere, so it's pretty common in the northern parts of Sweden where Jonna lives. I love Jonna as well as the next guy, but get your facts straight... Please :)
If you want to dig into Swedish music. We sing at parties dinners feasts holidays and choirs. We have been doing that probably for thousands of years. Look up some older music. Carl-Michael Bellman 17th century We still sing his songs. Evert Taube 20th century and we still sing them. The musicalstars I've already told you about. Helen Sjöholm Peter Jöback Tommy Körberg. Some really good operasingers Jussi Björling Birgit Nilsson Jenny Lind PLEASE LISTEN. They won't disappoint you❤
Sweden is about the size of California with the population size of Georgia and the northern part of Sweden has the landscape of kinda like Alaska. The middle part of Sweden has the landscape of kinda like Pennsylvania and the southern part of Sweden has the landscape of kinda like Kentucky.
Time for a reaction for Jon Henrik Fjällgren ua-cam.com/video/woEcdqqbEVg/v-deo.html He represents a minority group Sweden. You could compare it to America's Red Indians. He sings a "Jojk" You will be surprised.
Its no brainsurgery...You can play what ever instrument...And the cows are coming, to get milked. And cows are so curious ...They cant resist...:) Its fantastic they made something beautiful out of the work. And Jonna is fantastic taking this beautiful music to her level.
Cattle are very curious animals.. my neighbor used to have about 40 head of cattle. I'd sit on the edge and my play acoustic guitar. Every cow in that field came up to investigate the beautiful music.
Cows are actually incredibly receptive to music. If someone goes into a cow pasture and plays some music, whether it be an instrument or their voice, the cows WILL gather to listen.
Actually most animals come when you do "kulning" for some reason. Cows, dogs, horses, sheep and wild animals too if you're lucky 😂 I grew up with this and we did it mostly to gather all the animals so we could take them to their next grazing ground or just to take them home from a grazing ground. I guess it's our way of herding. /svensk
Cows are easy to train and as stated already, they are also quite inquisitive. I grew up on a farm and think just about all beef and dairy farmers in Australia can call their herds. Beef cattle will move because they think you're going to give them hay or move them to another paddock with plenty of grass and water. Not all might come, so you have to chase some up occasionally. They sort of know you're in charge though. Dairy cattle often come of their own accord because they know it is time for milking at certain times of the day, every day of the year. They usually get to eat some grain while being milked but I think it is also habitual as well and dairy cattle are very docile. You just have to go out on a motorbike usually to make sure that there are no stragglers still out in the paddock. A lot of urban people might be a bit more familiar with ranches or similarly "stations" in Australia from TV, stories or folklore, where the landowner will own a massive tract of land and employ people to help run it but the land is not as productive in terms of rainfall, soil and climate, so the cows are left to roam and are more wild as a consequence. The meat from these properties is often of an inferior quality. I think that's generally why cowboys on horses who use lassos still exist. Strangely enough, in these parts of Australia people listen to and make American style country music but it doesn't really have a following in the more temperate south. I think it would be similar in the States if you were to compare rural people in the North East to say people from parts of Texas or Arizona. I digress, but in short, yes it is often quite easy to call domesticated cows. I confess though that I still much prefer listening to her singing than a big bloke just shouting at his herd.
Please check in some of "Kent"s songs. They are a very good Swedish band, no longer active, but their music is fantastic and their lyrics in Swedish has got people everywhere in the world learn swedish language.
Omg you guys are just the best! ❤️ To see your lovely reactions made my day 😘😂
Thank you so much once again for reaction to my videos! Lots of love ❤️
Thx so much for such wonderful videos that show us a part of Sweden we never knew about. You are absolutely captivating! 😊
Du är bäst Jonna,, och ta hand om gubben din!!
@Jonna Jinton När du tar baden i is-vattnet, vad är det för temperatur?
I love you Jenna
Lol, you guys should hook up if they ever go to Sweden. You could show them it really is that pretty and teach them to attract cows. And film it, obviously. Hur kommer det sig att inget skivbolag har signat dig förresten? Ska kolla var jag kan köpa din musik. Najs blend utav Svenska/Samiska typ.
Hälsningar från Fjollträsk.
Jonna Jinton has the most beautiful channel on UA-cam! She invites us to the magic world of the old traditions and the wonderful nature of northern Sweden. It's so beautiful and relaxing! Jonna is a true artist in every sense! ❤
Thank you sooo much ❤🙏😘
@@jonnajinton wow you have such a beautiful spirit.
Agreed!! She's Amazingggggg♥️
Jimmy Olsson sure
I wish Jonna Jinton could represent Sweden in Eurovision Song Contest.
OMG. What would be pretty amazing huh?!
Ur not alone been waiting since 2015
Count me in on the bunch of people wanting that.
YES
We love @jonnajinton, she makes us proud of our folklore and traditions. Thanks for the love and respect for our culture ..!
Very good video guys..! :)
Jonna said that the cattle herding video was shot on a whim, that she has no relation to the cows, yet they still came to the ancient call! She's even had kulning results from cats and even swans! These three vastly different species come to the call out of curiosity, almost like they're under a trance, you can see them tilting their heads and focusing on Jonna as she sings.
I think this is proof that humans can be magical
Jonna has her own cow called Stjärna, which means Star in English. She was calling Stjärna to her with her kulning, but all the cows came to her along with Stjärna. She keeps her cow on a neighbour's farm during the winter.
"that far north" yeah haha, land of the vikings and we are a part of the artic circle so yea, we are pretty far up north
jonna jinton is the modern viking, she have make me wanna leave my life in stockholm and move north
natishas just go a bit outside the city and you’ll be fine (but I also don’t know anything about Sweden land layout)
Kulning is a Swedish style of singing/cattle calling dating back to the Viking era. The wonderful thing about kulning is that it can be heard for miles.
She is like the ENYA of sweden.what she does with her music is magical.
We still use kulning. There is even music classes at the universities where you can learn kulning from the pro’s. ☺️
Can a man do Kulning, or is it just the way of the pitch of a womens voice that pulls this off?
You should react to 'Jon Henrik - Daniels Jojk' from Sweden got talent, amazing video and you will love it.
If you want more swedish culture, listen to Jon Henrik Fjällgren, he sings in a way that is called ”joiking”. Jon Henrik is a raindeer herder(also called a sami)and joiking is a part of the sami culture. You could listen to his song ”daniel’s joik” when he sings it on Sweden’s got talent, turn the subtitles on so you can understand the story behind the song: ua-cam.com/video/woEcdqqbEVg/v-deo.html
Or why not Maxida Märak which is much more interesting: ua-cam.com/video/g0V1Kt4JDF4/v-deo.html
@@swedmiroswedmiro1352 Or why not go with someone more pleasant and simplistic, who does not confuse the point with too much sound to someone unfamiliar with the concept of joik??? Here, also at the same time honoring the grand old dame of sami music, Mari Boine. Vildà - Goaskanviellja (Eagle Brother):
ua-cam.com/video/Q5R9d2USULE/v-deo.html
(Yes, they're Finnish, just let it go. Same difference).
SwedMiro SwedMiro maxima bäst. Västerås här men åker till Kiruna faktiskt 2 gånger om året för att hänga. En gång på vintern och en på sommaren. Jag kör bil upp och ner och maxima tar plats i spellistan kan jag säga. Det gör dom flesta norrländska artister. Förutom Johan färnkål
@@Denzao-D Även om jag skulle hålla med dig, är poängen fortfarande kvar. Tack för invitasjon till "vem är bäst i music" tävling, men nei takk.
Swede Förlåt det var dåligt uttryckt, menade att det är en kultur som finns i Sverige inte att det är en svensk kultur. Tack för upplysningen
I love Jonna she's such a beautiful soul 💗
Cows are just as social as us humans.. If you speak/sing to them and make them special - a special connection, they will come to you without any hesitation.
most cows I've known are either really skittish or just all make a B line for you sometimes running to keep up. I love the ones who stay at the gate for a head rub or lick your hand but the nature of some is ..unpredictable at least what I've known. But I used to live in a town and now I'm in the country YAY it might be different over here :)
React to Jon-Henrik Fjällgren. He is sami (sub culture) in Sweden. He sings an enchanting style called ”jojk” on Swedish ”Talent/talang”. They are reindeer hearders. Sweden is a long land, but not wide. I live in North Norrland and it’s enchanting. There was mostly sami living in the north of Sweden and vikings in the rest of Sweden. Northern Sweden has a mix of both cultures and most cities has sami names, like Jokkmokk and Arvidsjaur.
Sami culture reminds alot of native american. Here is his audition video to Talang. It has english subtitles.
ua-cam.com/video/woEcdqqbEVg/v-deo.html
Sami people lives in all Fennoscandinavian countries... Like Finland and Norway also. So there is "jojk" in all of those countries and this cow hearding too.
Of course the cows are coming.
I would if Jonna called!
Jokes aside the cows are tame.
They comes to people for company or protection and in the afternoon when they hear the call they know it's time to head home!
Jonna is my favorite youtuber. She has so many amazing videos.😍
In Dalarna Sweden they had the cows out to graze and it was often young women that workt as shepards at the "fäbods" they called the cows with song... (the females from that region is even called "dalkullor")
Same here in Hälsingland, guess all south and mid Norrland did it to, but in the Area called Finnmarken shared by Dalarna and Hälsingland it was young boys from the age of 10 who herded the cattle through summer in the forrest, there was even an old folksong where they say that cows and sheeps are Valuable (expensive) because in the area where there was both Bears and Wolfs, the songs continous with "but small boys are really cheap to hire", think about that 2019 that you are ten years old and have to defend cows and sheeps from wolfs and bears, alone out in the wild forrest, with nobody to call for help to.! 🙀
Lockrop/Kulning..... Puntying(english)
Cows are actually quite curious. That's likely why they are coming in this case ( I don't think those are her cows). It's of course no problem to condition the animals to respond. Often a mix of flower, grain and salt was used as highly effective treats. Being social animals they are often willing to respond to people they know, regardless. Since it often was used to call animals from many miles away, each caller/singer would have their own style in order to attract the correct animals. The style of singing imitates and is probably inspired by "lurs" (birch-trumpets). The lur was not only for music, but was used to communicate between people over long distances. The style used in cowcalling, and also sheep and goatcalling (with more or less subtle differences) , are likely all derivates of "kauking" (calling between people). This is especially useful and common in the mountains and high plateaus. So yes, dear swedes, this is a norwegian invention 🤣
This is the most fun I had reading up on cows 😂
@@ReactToTheWorld I'll give you another: My mother grew up on a small farm with different animals and a handfull cows. They would feed them a special "power-feed" (much as described above) once a day. The cows go nuts for it and comes immediatly when they hear someone approach the troughs. Then they'll more or less stampeed and fight each other in front of the gate, which will only be opened after the troughs have been filled. You don't want to be anywhere close to them at this time, because they're big and powerful and only focused on the food. One day during feeding, her parents noticed a cow missing, which is pretty unheard of. They went looking and quickly found the cow laying down in the middle of the field. The reason she didn't attend the feeding was clear... My mother, about 5 years old, was sleeping on top of the cows belly (yes, this was a long time ago, before CPS). As soon as they lifted her off, the cow ran to the feeding. This is how my mother explains that cows are her favorite animals. Cows certainly are more complex than they get credit for.
Well, Sven... I guess it is a clear truth, that there is no invention that a swede can't improve on. ;-)
@@bodan1196 True. You got me :)
I went to New Zealand last year, all the way down to invercargill. Across the road from my daughters house there is a deer farm. I played this very video of Jonna’s on a speaker loud to the deer, and I kid you not the deer came to the fence! I was amazed and in love! 💕
Jonna is a fairy lady I love her a lot specially wolves song
Jonna has the best channel ever. She is the most amazing beautiful talented women.
You guys need to see her calling for a swan, and playing the violin
Jonna Jinton. Artist. Priestess? Goddess? Thank you, Jonna, for breaking open the heart of ancient Scandinavica...my ancient ancestresses are so happy!
What do you mean by priestess
Far north? Yes it is. Stockholm has the same latitude as southern Alaska.
Jonna Jinton lives at 63 latitude. Kiruna in Sweden is at latitude 67.855800.
The latitude of Anchorage, AK, USA is 61.217381
🤣 you can be as far down in the south in Sweden as much as you want, during the winter it's cold there too! 🤣 ;)
Loooove Jonna! 😍
Not anymore lol! I haven't seen snow or had to wear gloves in years. I live in Halland. As a child in the 90s we were playing in the snow and freezing our bodyparts off. But it haven't snowed here in Halmstad for at least 5-10 years. Caqn't even remember the last time.
I'm a swede, living in Sweden yeah, and actually the kuling song works even if the animals doesn't know the person calling on them cause I were at Gotland island in Sweden visiting my mother living there and her neighbours have sheeps and there was someone there kuling on their sheeps and my mother's neighbours had no idea who that was but the sheeps came! Yeah I don't know why that song works but the animals seem to love it.
Joanna has a very nature based way of life, she is young woman who is blessed in the gift of calm , cows, horses, donkeys, even elephants have a very curious musical side . Joanna has a very soothing voice be her talking or singing , love her videos and love your reactions to her 👍
Lol. Sweden is part of the Nordic countries and the Arctic circle goes through it, but you can see the northern lights much further down(south) in the country.
I love her channel and have followed her for several years. A beautiful soul with a beautiful voice!
The instrument that sounds a bit like a violin in the second video is, actually an instrument unique to Sweden. It’s called a “nyckelharpa” which can be translated into “key harp” or “keyed fiddle”.
Here’s a short video of someone playing it that you should really check out!
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Her voice is so beautiful
This makes me proud of being swedish, so beautiful 😍🙏🏽
Regarding the cows: they are can be inquisitive, and can come to you just because you are new to them, you don't have to call for them. I have been hiking past a cow pasture, and had the entire herd almost stampeding towards me just because I was something new and exciting. They stopped just short of the flimsy fence separating us, and the cows and I spent some time looking at each other, before i continued on my way. Had they wanted to get through the fence they could have done so with no difficulty at all, it was mostly a thin wire (not even electrified!).
Regarding the "kulning": the sounds have probably evolved over time, to carry far in nature without having to put out a high volume. Since, in historic times, there were few fences to keep the cattle from wandering, you might have to try rounding up your herd (before winter, os you can keep them in a barn) over a very large area, and you would thus want to expend as little energy as possible making noises to gather the herd. I don't think the sound itself has any meaning to the cattle, it's just something they have learnt: this particular kind of noise (which does not occur naturally) means there is a human that wants us to go to him/her.
And regarding the "far north": JJ does not live all that far north. I think Chesterfield Inlet in Canada's Hudson Bay (look it up on eg Google Maps) is quite exactly as far north as the place JJ lives. While this might seem far north in Canada, Sweden extends for another ~500 kilometres north of JJ, and all of this, except the last ~100 km, is inhabited. And it's not "inhabited" in the way you imagine you could see in National Geographic documentaries, with the occasional first peoples village here and there, it's inhabited in the way that you have mobile phone service almost everywhere, you can buy groceries without travelling more than an hour at most (depending on road conditions, in winter it might be longer). And even the small villages with under 100 inhabitants are starting to get broadband access now, and not over the mobile networks!
In any way, it was interesting to see two foreigners reacting to something quintessentially Swedish. And if you come here, you should make two trips,one in summer and one in winter. And when you come in winter, you should not miss the ice hotel: a hotel built almost entirely (!) with ice. They do have to make some exceptions, but as far as practically possible, they will use snow and ice to build the hotel. And if you order a drink in the hotel bar, you don't have to ask to have it "on the rocks" because the glasses are usually made of ice...
Cows are very curious creatures, they will come investigate unusual things. I once landed my paraglider on a cattle ranch and all the cows came up to the fence to say hello.
Cows be like, 'What's moo in' over here? 😂
You guys are so funny 😂😂😂
You should check out Eivor and her song Trollabundin! There's a video of that with just her in front of a mic with a handdrum and it's epic!
Shes from Faroe Islands thou, but I some of her stuff is xtra ordinary good, but I like her clean sounding stuff best think they overproduce some stuff to make her sound a little like Björk instead of using her naked voice who I think is her real strength.
Link?
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Please do react on Jon Henrik and his jojk, beautiful voice and the sami culture is amazing.
Where Sami culture come from religion wise
LOVE Jonna Jinton . Her voice, her personality, her life style & her love for God's perfect creation of nature is beyond AMAZING ❤
Nature is cute animals (including humans) killing other cute animals... How is that "perfect"?
Found Jonna's channel a week ago and honestly she is absolutely amazing. You should see her vid on balancing stones. Incredible!!!!!
The ancient northmen believed the Aurora Borealis to be the Bifrost. The Rainbow Bridge between the realms that the gods walk upon.
And thank you for this! I did not know this wonderful singer did other music. I had only seen the herd calling video. So thank you!
Jon Henrik on youtube, react to him:)
Jonna is very good, but I think you should listen to other people who do this as well. Jonna is working so much with the sound production that you don't really hear what it sounds like when it's more raw.
I actually do this to the cows at my work place and I can confirm it does work. I'm very scared of cows though so I'll give the experience a 7/10
They don't "know" to come. They are curious animals. Something odd happens and they want to check it out.
I have cattle. I use a completely different call and they still come. Now, mine are conditioned to come when I call. They know it's time for new pasture. Maybe that's cheating... I don't know. But it works. 😅
Nah, cows love music. There are a lot of videos on yt where they come running towards an instrument
it's not just cows though, there is a certain curiosity that some animals respond with even if they're not tamed. Some times wild birds like swans or geese will come pretty close even though they'd normally stay far away.
@@victorlarsson202 Yes! I saw this video "Kulning - How to call a wild swan with traditional Swedish singing."! it´s fascinating.
When I was a kid living with My grand parents this was the way grandma called om the cattle in the eavning.. yes. Northern SWEDN
Yeah! react on Jon Henrik!!! from swe !!! :) :)
OMG OMG OMG you're covering Jonna!
Stay tuned as we got another one teed up!
Jonna is magical and Kulning attracts more animals than cows. There is a video on youtube where a Swedish woman calls on a swan and a baby swan when she is Kulning. Listen to "Herr mannelig with Garmarna" it is a very "haunting" song to! The text is believed to have originated from the Viking Age but changed some over the years since scandinavia become Christian.
Hello!
Love you guys
I hope you can react to what Sweden is famous from, or things that Sweden is very good at. Another fun thing you can do is trying to speak Swedish.
I am from Sweden and i think that Sweden is a very good place to live on, so it’s fun to see you guys doing videos about out Little country.
This is how they call their cowed back in North Sweden because there is a "emty" landskape and their ciwes could be far away... For ca 100 years ago girls called "Kullor" in summertime was living in small houses in forest to watch after the cows
I actually saw my grandmother do this for real when I was a whee kid in the Swedish north. It was amazing hearing the echo bounce back from the mountain on the other side of the lake.
(this is not my grandmother)
Calling a Swan ua-cam.com/video/Yy90wZbepiE/v-deo.html
Calling a deer ua-cam.com/video/beedJkxmsnI/v-deo.html
Kulning:
Ancient Swedish herding call and signaling singing. Done right it carries miles and miles over water and through valleys. Used to call home animals or to signal between two houses or villages. Also used to communicate between farms and villages whenever needed. Signal systems where made up beforehand. This special vocal technique creates overtones that deteriorate very slowly over distance and could therefore travel very far.
The characteristic tonal phrasing that is used formed the ground for Swedish folk music singing where you phrase the words and only do one tonal change per word instead of tonal runs that is used in the rest of the world. That creates a simplicity that is refreshing and gives more importance to the words in a song instead of on the singer. (Listen to Chris Kläfford and noticed the one tone changes in words instead of runs)
That lead to the traditional Nordic folk music. 3/3ds, Beat on 3 and 1 with 1 marked. (Hambo)
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And then why Jazz became so huge in Sweden. We already did it since hundreds of years We just needed to put in in 4/4 time code. (Or in this case 6/8 time code which basically is the same thing but fits better with the 3/3 lyrics)
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And after some washing through modern technology these things ends up in ABBA, Roxette, Opeth and Meshuggah. When you know what to listen for it is actually quite fun to hear Nordic folk music end up in even Katy Perry, Pink and Gaga (through Max Martin and a slew of other nordic producers)
You should check out the Ice Hotel in Sweden. That's pretty cool. I've never been there myself, but I'd love to go one day.
Also, I love Jonna's singing and videos. So amazing.
Sorry guys, but most swedes do NOT know what kulning is anymore. Sadly... It's an amazing art and herding technique. You should cover something with "nyckelharpa" a swedish/norweigan instrument, truly awesome and beautiful! let me know if you need any recommendations!
I’m born 200km north of the Arctic circle in Sweden and can confirm that Sweden is so far north
You guys should go to her homepage that she sells her paintings on. She is a complete artist. Also her and her husband also make jewelry that you should look at. The two of them have such a perfect life together.
Cows love music. Play music for cows and they are happy
Please react to Herr mannelig. It's sung in old swedish and sound really good.
Joiking is a way of singing that the "sami people" does a lot. Sweden has a star named Jon Henrik Fjällgren that has combined it with modern music.
Kulning and Jojkning is different, jojk tells story sometimes, kulning calling the cattle and also used as a way to communicate over a little further distances, sometimes kulning and Näverlur was used as communication tools in south and mid Norrland, Dalarna Wärmland etc, there was men who did kulning also but not as common as womans thou, because men had to take care of the crops and hay to prepare for the winter while womens did herding the cattles and did things like chese and butter with the summer milk.
She is so "AMAZING" LOVE her
Important to note that they are not trained. These are not her cows.
Jonna Jilton is Soooo Real, & So fantastic! An Earth Angel for certain, with her Angelic Voice & her Beautiful Husband & dog always by her side!
She also used this on a wild swan, and it came swimming towards her :) That I found very amazing since wild animals mostly keep some distance to people.
Funny thing with cattle is that they like music, music in cattle have a similar effect to music in humans, it works as a stress reducer. It helps them relax.
Dairy cows can even yield more milk if the farmers let them listen to music.
Kulning?? I am 38 years young!! And never hoerd of kulning. It sounds like something from Ronja Rövardotter?! Pls reply!
I grew up on a dairy farm. Cows milk more when they listen to music when getting milked. I think its because they're relaxed. I think they just like music.
Jonna Jinton channel is amazing, I have followed her many years and she is so in touch with nature and she’s really artistic!
My wife does this to call me home, when I'm out in the mountain chopping wood or collecting ingredients for mead. Hm. It does sound like I'm an npc in Skyrim.
Cows are really curious and will come when you call them :) you can also train them that a calling means food so
LOL that’s about how I felt too - although within the next week I watched about 70 jonna jinton videos after that... no exaggeration
Love ur channel. Goal for 2020 is to finally ride again 🏍
Voix magnifique et vidéos qui nous emmène dans temps de calme total.paysages sublimes.pays basque.france.🇫🇷❤️
Kulning wasn't just for herd animals either. It is just the most practical.
Kulning is kinda related to the Sami-peoples Joik and Joddeling for the people in the alps.... They all came to be to herd cattle. They sound kinda mezmerize the cattle to follow it. By the way it could also be used to send message for far distances. ;-)
And hey you gotta get it? Wouldnt you check out the strange person doing strange noises? lol. Cows are curious beings, just like us. They had to go and check who did those strange uncowly noises. :-)
BY the way always wondered why Hollywood uses New Zealand, Norway and places like that for their magical or outer planetary scenery when they easly could came to Sweden to do the very same (Even Finland) We do in sense have the same enviroment. ;-) I mean Star Wars Episode 5 is Norway. Gotland (an Island in the batlic Sea) is having several sceneres that looks like Different places on earth. I even think that Game Of Thrones should get here filming, Dont know if they did or not?
BY the way They did use Scandinavian type of instruments in the soundtrack for Lord of the Rings... The Norwegian Hardangerfela (Again with this Norway thing. lol. ) New Zealand is looking like Norway in many ways....
Have to share this. Is actually written buy one of my old Teachers in folk clore music when I studid on Gotland. He wrote this poetic piece that tells about the Blacksmith Volund. Volunds wife (or daughter dont remember wich one now) got killed by a god or something, and VOlund decide to revenge her. This story can be found on a big Rune Stone in a museum on Gotland. So my teacher wrote down story in several songs. :-) ua-cam.com/video/wxCrJIoh6-A/v-deo.html
Norways have that to❤️
lol, just don't think Sweden is an agrarian society or something hahahah. It is one of the most developed countries on Earth =)
She is a Viking Queen.. 👍
Cows like music :) my grandparents have the radio on in the barn for them. And my grandmother does the calling but quite different then Jonnas :) it's fun to see your reaction to traditional swedish singing traditions!
It's how we call after herdanimals. Haha so funny seeing other cultures perspective on your own :)
The aurora borealis can be seen throughout most of Sweden, but it is mostly only seen in the 'mid & southern' parts, when there are strong sunflares colliding with earth, usually, you have to be on the northern part of Sweden in order to see them a bit more often. Since the electro magnetic field isn't as strong in at the poles.
I love her channel. I saw that Amazon is even selling Kulning tee shirts- it must be more popular than I thought.
You should make a reaction video about Swedish music, so much music you've probably heard and never knew were Swedish ☺️
Thanks for sharing great video and i´m new to your channel and i have also hit the red button for you.
She is the hope of my life..
Någon svensk här?
The most intriguing part of "kulning" is not that it is hauntingly beautiful, but due to the frequency used, it can travel a VERY long distance. Cows are naturally curious so she could make many other noises too and they would react the same way, but it creates a bit of magic over it all in this video.
Love your reactions!
They know when to stop because the fences are electric. They're also domesticated. Aurora Borealis is only seen in the northern hemisphere, so it's pretty common in the northern parts of Sweden where Jonna lives.
I love Jonna as well as the next guy, but get your facts straight... Please :)
You guys should see her history off how she came one with nature 🍃🍃🍃
If you want to dig into Swedish music. We sing at parties dinners feasts holidays and choirs. We have been doing that probably for thousands of years. Look up some older music.
Carl-Michael Bellman 17th century
We still sing his songs.
Evert Taube 20th century and we still sing them.
The musicalstars I've already told you about. Helen Sjöholm Peter Jöback Tommy Körberg.
Some really good operasingers
Jussi Björling Birgit Nilsson Jenny Lind
PLEASE LISTEN. They won't disappoint you❤
Sweden is about the size of California with the population size of Georgia and the northern part of Sweden has the landscape of kinda like Alaska. The middle part of Sweden has the landscape of kinda like Pennsylvania and the southern part of Sweden has the landscape of kinda like Kentucky.
Time for a reaction for Jon Henrik Fjällgren
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He represents a minority group Sweden. You could compare it to America's Red Indians. He sings a "Jojk" You will be surprised.
Check out Alisa Supronova - My String. Trust me, you won't regret it. She is blowing up reaction channels 😉
Its no brainsurgery...You can play what ever instrument...And the cows are coming, to get milked. And cows are so curious ...They cant resist...:) Its fantastic they made something beautiful out of the work. And Jonna is fantastic taking this beautiful music to her level.
Cattle are very curious animals.. my neighbor used to have about 40 head of cattle. I'd sit on the edge and my play acoustic guitar. Every cow in that field came up to investigate the beautiful music.
Cows are actually incredibly receptive to music. If someone goes into a cow pasture and plays some music, whether it be an instrument or their voice, the cows WILL gather to listen.
Actually most animals come when you do "kulning" for some reason. Cows, dogs, horses, sheep and wild animals too if you're lucky 😂 I grew up with this and we did it mostly to gather all the animals so we could take them to their next grazing ground or just to take them home from a grazing ground. I guess it's our way of herding.
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You mention that it's like being one with nature.... That is what Norse Paganism, no infact any Paganism is about... Being one with nature.
Cows are easy to train and as stated already, they are also quite inquisitive. I grew up on a farm and think just about all beef and dairy farmers in Australia can call their herds. Beef cattle will move because they think you're going to give them hay or move them to another paddock with plenty of grass and water. Not all might come, so you have to chase some up occasionally. They sort of know you're in charge though. Dairy cattle often come of their own accord because they know it is time for milking at certain times of the day, every day of the year. They usually get to eat some grain while being milked but I think it is also habitual as well and dairy cattle are very docile. You just have to go out on a motorbike usually to make sure that there are no stragglers still out in the paddock. A lot of urban people might be a bit more familiar with ranches or similarly "stations" in Australia from TV, stories or folklore, where the landowner will own a massive tract of land and employ people to help run it but the land is not as productive in terms of rainfall, soil and climate, so the cows are left to roam and are more wild as a consequence. The meat from these properties is often of an inferior quality. I think that's generally why cowboys on horses who use lassos still exist. Strangely enough, in these parts of Australia people listen to and make American style country music but it doesn't really have a following in the more temperate south. I think it would be similar in the States if you were to compare rural people in the North East to say people from parts of Texas or Arizona. I digress, but in short, yes it is often quite easy to call domesticated cows. I confess though that I still much prefer listening to her singing than a big bloke just shouting at his herd.
Kulning is several 1000 years old, it is ower nature and traditions.
it gave me goosebumps
Please check in some of "Kent"s songs. They are a very good Swedish band, no longer active, but their music is fantastic and their lyrics in Swedish has got people everywhere in the world learn swedish language.