▁ang lic ised ) ▁or ▁jo jk are ▁( in ▁Swedish ). ▁Origin ally , ▁jo ik ▁referred ▁to ▁only ▁one ▁of ▁several ▁Sam i ▁singing ▁styles , ▁but ▁in ▁English ▁the ▁word ▁is ▁often ▁used ▁to ▁refer ▁to ▁all ▁types ▁of ▁traditional ▁Sam i ▁singing . ▁As ▁an ▁art ▁form , ▁each ▁jo ik ▁is ▁meant ▁to ▁reflect ▁or ▁e voke ▁a ▁person , ▁animal , ▁or ▁place .. ▁ ▁The ▁ ▁sound ▁of ▁jo ik ▁is ▁compar able ▁to ▁the ▁traditional ▁chant ing ▁of ▁some ▁Native ▁American ▁cult ures . ▁Jo ik ▁shares ▁some ▁features ▁with ▁the ▁sh aman istic ▁cult ures ▁of ▁Si ber ia , ▁which ▁m im ic ▁the ▁sounds ▁of ▁nature . ▁ ▁History ▁As ▁the ▁Sam i ▁culture ▁had ▁no ▁written ▁language ▁in ▁the ▁past , ▁the ▁orig ins ▁of ▁jo ik ▁are ▁not ▁documented . ▁According ▁to ▁or al ▁trad itions , ▁the ▁f ai ries ▁and ▁el ves ▁of ▁the ▁ar ctic ▁lands ▁gave ▁jo iks ▁to ▁the ▁S á mi ▁People . ▁Just ▁Q v ig stad , ▁who ▁recorded ▁the ▁Sam i ▁or al ▁tradition , ▁has ▁documented ▁this ▁legend ▁in ▁several ▁works . ▁Music ▁research ers ▁believe ▁jo ik ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁oldest ▁continuous ▁musical ▁trad itions ▁in ▁Europe . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁Christian ization ▁of ▁the ▁Sam i , ▁jo ik ing ▁was ▁condem ned ▁as ▁sin ful . ▁The ▁assim ilation ▁policies ▁( N or weg ian ization ▁and ▁similar ) ▁and ▁the ▁views ▁of ▁churches ▁and ▁ecc