Country: Pohjanmaa, Finland
Type: couple dance
Sheet music:
(1) Hukkanen, Timo/ Tanhuvakan sävelmistö. Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kansantanssin Ystävät ry, 2012. p.23.
(2) Rausmaa, Pirkko-Liisa & Esko/ Tanhuvakan sävelmistö. Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kansantanssin Ystävät ry, 1998. p.18.
(3) Väisänen, Yrjö/ nr 15 in: Kisapirtti: 125 suomalaista kansantanssia - sävelmistö.
Porvoo: Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö, [1962]. p.8.
(4) Svenska Ungdomsringen för Bygdekultur/ 'iipuli-kukko in:
Musik till gillesdanser i Norden: fiol Stockholm: Svenska Ungdomsringen för Bygdekultur, 1970. p. 33.
Recordings:
Komulainen, Jari & Panu Helke Halihiljaa track 12.
| Kauhajoki
Steps: polkka, varvaskantahyppely (toe-heel), polkua (stamp/stomp) |
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| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| Formation: open circle of couples, facing partner, hands on hips. M face in LOD, W face in RLOD. | ||
| 1-4 | (a) | Varvaskantahyppely: {Beginning hopping on outside (ML/WR) foot,] dance 4 toe-heel steps with inside (MR/WL) foot doiing toe-heel step out of circle. |
| 1-4 | {Beginning hopping on inside (MR/WL) foot,] dance 3 toe-heel steps with outside (ML/WR) foot doiing toe-heel step into circle (1-3). Finish with 2 stomps, W in place and M turning towards partner (4). | |
| |:5-8:| | (b) | Polkkaa: Take polkka hold with partner, and dance 8 turning polkka steps, turning CW [moving in LOD].
[Repeat from (a) as desired]. Provenance: Kauhajoki version published in Kisakentä, 1942. |
| Teuva
Steps: polkka, hyppyaskelikot [actually jalan heilautukset (step-swing)] |
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| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| Formation: open circle of couples, facing partner. M face out of circle, W face into circle. | ||
| |:1-4:| | (a) | Hyppyaskelikot (step-hops): 8 slow step-hops. Leaping onto L foot while crossing R foot
in front of L, while simultaneously audibly clapping L hand on lower belly and R hand on R buttock.
Repeat with opposite footwork. |
| |:5-8:| | (b) | Polkkaa: Take polkka hold with partner, and dance 8 turning polkka steps, turning CW [moving in LOD].
[Repeat from (a) as desired]. Provenance: Teuva version recalled by Otto Harjun in 1936, under the name 'Niipelin kukko'. It was decribed by Anna-Liisa Harjulta, from Teuva, who had danced it in the 1880s. |
| Tammela
Steps: polkka, varvaskantahyppely (toe-heel) |
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| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| Formation: open circle of couples, facing into the set. | ||
| |:1-4:| | (a) | Varvaskantahyppely: Beginning with outside (ML/WR) foot, dance 8 toe-heel steps on the spot towards centre of circle. |
| |:5-8:| | (b) | Polkkaa: Take waltz hold with partner, and dance 8 turning polkka steps, turning CW and moving in LOD.
[Repeat from (a) as desired]. Provenance: Anni Collan recalled the Tammela version. |
| Lyrics:
|:Iipuli-kukko, Iipuli-kukko, Iipuli-kukkon tippi:| |:Iipuli-kukkoja kun pelattiin, niin peli se meni rikki:| |
Provenance: Note similarity to Vanha loikko.
Source: Rausmaa, Esko/ Tanhuvakka: suomen perinnetanssit. 3rd ed. [Helsinki]: Suomalaisen Kansantanssin Ystävät ry, 2012. pp.162-163.
See also:
-- Rausmaa, Pirkko-Liisa & Esko/ Tanhuvakka. Porvoo: W Söderström, 1977. pp. 75-76.
-- Väisänen, Yrjö/ Nr 15 in: Kisapirtti: 125 suomalaista kansantanssia. Porvoo: Werner Söderström
Oy, [1962]. p. 40.
-- Svenska Ungdomsringen för Bygdekultur/ 'Iipuli-kukko, Kauhajoki' Beskrivning av gillesdanser i Norden. Stockholm: Svenska Ungdomsringen för Bygdekultur, 1970. p. 80.
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2012-11-06, rev. 2023-04-21.
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