les iast ical ▁movements ▁on ▁jo ik ing ▁as ▁sin ▁have ▁played ▁important ▁roles ▁in ▁its ▁de valu ation . ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁reasons ▁that ▁jo ik ing ▁was ▁controvers ial ▁may ▁be ▁its ▁association ▁with ▁no a idi ▁( S á mi ▁sh am ans ) ▁and ▁pre - Christ ian ▁myth ology ▁rit uals , ▁with ▁jo ik ing ▁said ▁to ▁res emble ▁magic ▁sp ells . ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 0 s , ▁it ▁was ▁forb idden ▁to ▁use ▁jo ik ing ▁in ▁Sam i ▁area ▁schools . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁a ▁parish ▁council ▁discussed ▁" if ▁they ▁should ▁implement ▁a ▁total ▁ban ▁against ▁music ▁other ▁than ▁[ ch urch ] ▁h ym ns ▁in ▁the ▁churches ▁in ▁K auto ke ino ▁and ▁Maz e . ▁The ▁proposal ▁was ▁shot ▁down , ▁but ▁many ▁still ▁wonder ▁why ▁jo ik ing ▁in ▁church ▁is ▁such ▁a ▁controvers ial ▁issue ". ▁ ▁Despite ▁this ▁supp ression , ▁jo ik ing ▁was ▁strongly ▁root ed ▁in ▁the ▁culture ▁and ▁its ▁tradition ▁was ▁maintained . ▁Jo ik ing ▁is ▁still ▁pract iced ▁and ▁is ▁used ▁as ▁a ▁source ▁of ▁insp iration . ▁Rec ently , ▁jo iks ▁are ▁s ung ▁in ▁two ▁different ▁styles : ▁ ▁a ▁traditional ▁style , ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁" m umb ling " ▁style ; ▁and ▁a ▁modern ▁style ▁s ung ▁mostly ▁by ▁young ▁people , ▁and ▁used ▁as ▁an ▁element ▁in ▁contemporary ▁Sam i ▁music . ▁ ▁Personal ▁and ▁ev oc ative