"Sami Glasses"
A man finds some glasses on the ground. When he puts them on he is transported into a Sámi world.
Social & External
The people behind it
Roy-Arne Johannessen
Almmái
Jon Iver Eira Tellefsen
Sámi almmái
Májjá Angelica Johannesdatter Guttorm
Sámi nisson
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