Country: Satakunta, Finland
Type: couple dance
Formation: any number of couples in an open circle, facing in LOD, holding inside hands, free fist on hip
Steps: jalan heilautukset (step-swing),
polkka,
kävely (walk)
Sheet music:
(1) Hukkanen, Timo/ Tanhuvakan sävelmistö. Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kansantanssin Ystävät ry, 2012. p.9.
(2) Rausmaa, Pirkko-Liisa & Esko/ Tanhuvakan sävelmistö. Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kansantanssin Ystävät ry, 1998. p.9.
Recordings:
Komulainen, Jari & Panu Helke Halihiljaa track 03.
See also midi file
| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| 1-8 | (a) | Vastakkain ja seläkkäin: Dance 8 polkka steps forward in LOD, swinging inside hands [with arms stretched], alternating face-to-face and back-to-back with partner. |
| 9-10 | (b) | Kävely & polkka: Starting with ML/WR foot, dance 3 walking steps forward in LOD
On last beat, swing inside foot (MR/WL) forward, with lift on outside foot (ML/WR). |
| 11-12 | Turn towards partner to face in RLOD, holding ML/WR hands. Repeat above (bars 9-10) in RLOD. | |
| 13-16 | Waltz hold, dance 4 polkka steps, turning CW in LOD. | |
| 9-16 | Repeat (b). | |
| Repeat from (a) as desired.
Lyrics
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See YouTube videos from/with: Kimara, 2017 (from dancilla.com); unattributed, 2022.
Provenance: Taught and played by siblings Edith Tuomi (née Lindfors), born 1907, and Arvo Lindfors, born 1904.
A similar dance called 'Hullusti tein' was documented by Matti Moilanen in Sortavala in 1934.
Taught by Martti Vanhapelto, Thunder Bay, in Vancouver 1987-02-07, and by Antti Savilampi in 2002.
Source: Rausmaa, Pirkko-Liisa & Esko/ Tanhuvakka. Porvoo: W Söderström, 1977. p. 66.
See also:
-- Rausmaa, Esko/ Tanhuvakka: suomen perinnetanssit. 3rd ed. [Helsinki]: Suomalaisen Kansantanssin Ystävät ry, 2012. p.92.
Description: Laine Ruus, Vancouver, 1987-02.
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2012-06-05, rev. 2022-08-09.
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