Country: Parikkala, Etelä-Karjala (south Karelia), Finland
Type: set dance
Formation: 4 couple quadrille., numbered 1-4 CW from couple 1. Head couples respectively have backs to music and face music. Side couples have L and R sides to music, respectively. All face centre of set, holding inside hands.
Steps: kävelyä (walk)
Sheet music:
(1) Hukkanen, Timo/ Tanhuvakan sävelmistö. Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kansantanssin Ystävät ry, 2012. p.21.
(2) Rausmaa, Pirkko-Liisa & Esko/ Tanhuvakan sävelmistö. Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kansantanssin Ystävät ry, 1998. p.16.
(3) Väisänen, Yrjö/ nr 109 in: Kisapirtti: 125 suomalaista kansantanssia - sävelmistö.
Porvoo: Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö, [1962]. p.53.
(4) Collan, Anni/ nr 8 in: Suomalainen kisapirtti - nuotit. 4 painos. Helsinki: V. Söderström, 1946. p.8.
(5) Burchenal, Elizabeth/ 'Hollola polka' in:
Folk-dances of Finland: containing sixty-five dances New York, NY: Schirmer, 1915. p. 64.
Recordings:
Turpeinen, Viola & John Rosendahl (Columbia 3074-F) 1928 [YouTube &
Internet Archive];
Vipinää Varpaissa - tanhut 7-9 vuotiat track 24. [Note: music is ABBABBCCCC etc]
| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| 1-8 | 1 (a) | Vastuu (advance & retire): Head couples advance and retire, 4 walking steps each way. Repeat. |
| 9-16 | (b) | Kättely ja paripjörintä (W chain & turn): All turn to face partner. M stay in place, while all 4 W chain around the set CW and back to place [ie W start with R hand to partner, L hand to next M, etc round the set, while M stand in place]. 16 walking steps. |
| 9-16 | All take two-hand hold with partner, and turn on the spot 8 walking steps CW, and 8 walking steps CCW. | |
| 1-8,|:9-16:| | Side couples repeat (1 a) and (1 b). | |
| 17-24 | 2 (a) | Enkeliskakierto (reel of 4): Head couples dance reel of 4 [W begin passing R shoulders]. 16 walking steps. |
| 25-32 | (b) | Risti (1-hand star): Head couples form R-hand star and dance 8 walking steps CW. Then form L-hand star, and dance 8 walking steps CCW. |
| 17-32 | Side couples repeat (2 a) and (2 b). |
Provenance: Published in Kisapirtti 3rd ed. 1908, based on recollection of Hertta Olsonin and Hellin Teittisen, Parikkala, 1906. Variously known as Hollola, Hollolalainen, Hollolan polska, Hollon polska. In Tanhuvakka this is called 'Hollolan polkka', in Kisapirtti it was called 'Hollolan polska'.
Source: Rausmaa, Esko/ Tanhuvakka: suomen perinnetanssit. 3rd ed. [Helsinki]: Suomalaisen Kansantanssin Ystävät ry, 2012. p.209.
See also:
-- Rausmaa, Pirkko-Liisa & Esko/ Tanhuvakka. Porvoo: W Söderström, 1977. pp. 153-154.
-- Väisänen, Yrjö/ nr 109 in: Kisapirtti: 125 suomalaista kansantanssia. Porvoo: Werner Söderström
Oy, [1962]. pp. 131-132.
-- Collan, Anni/ nr 8 in: Suomalainen kisapirtti. 4 painos. Helsinki: V. Söderström, 1946. pp.63-64.
-- Burchenal, Elizabeth/ 'Hollola polka' in:
Folk-dances of Finland: containing sixty-filve dances New York, NY: Schirmer, 1915. pp. 64-65.
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2019-01-28, rev. 2023-02-06.
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