Country: Ingria, (formerly) Sweden/Estonia, now Russia
Formation: 4 couple quadrille. Couples are numbered CW around the set from couple 1. Couples 1 and 3 are head couples, 2 and 4 are side couples.
Steps:
kävelyä (walk),
puolijuoksu (walk-run).
Sheet music:
(1) Hukkanen, Timo/ Tanhuvakan sävelmistö. Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kansantanssin Ystävät ry, 2012. p.45.
(2) Rausmaa, Pirkko-Liisa & Esko/ Tanhuvakan sävelmistö. Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kansantanssin Ystävät ry, 1998. p.39.
(3) Rausmaa, Esko/ Katrillia tanssimaan!. Kaustinen: Kansanmusiikin keskusliitto, 2000. p.21.
(4) sheet music prepared for Nordlek 2012;
Recordings:
Kutinaa Kengissä track 09;
Mauno Järvelä et al Katrillia tanssimaan track 06;
See also midi file.
| Bars | Part | Dance progression |
| |:1-4:||:5-8:| | 1 | Alkupiiri (circle): All couples form closed circle and dance CW, 16 steps. Ditto CCW. |
| 1-4 | 2 | Vastuu ja piiri (advance, retire, circle): Head couples (couples 1 and 3) take open waist-shoulder hold and take 3 walking steps towards each other, closing feet on 4th beat. Repeat backwards to place. |
| 1-2 | Head couples again take 3 walking steps towards each other, and close feet on 4th beat. | |
| 3-4 | Head couples form closed circle, and take 3 walking steps backwards to open circle, closing feet on 4th beat. | |
| |:5-8:| | Circle moves CW 8 walking steps. Ditto CCW, 8 walking steps. | |
| |:1-4:||:5-8:| | Side couples (couples 2 and 4) repeat 2. | |
| 1-2 | 3 | Kierto (opposites flirt): W1 and M3 advance towards each other with 4 walking steps, |
| 3-4 | circle CW around each other (facing, maintaining eye contact) and return to place, 4 walking steps. | |
| 1-4 | W1 and M3 take waltz hold with partner and turn CW on the spot, 8 walking steps. | |
| |:5-8:| | W2 and M4 repeat 3. | |
| |:1-4:| | W3 and M1 repeat 3. | |
| |:5-8:| | W4 and M2 repeat 3. | |
| |:1-4:||:5-8:| | 4 | Loppupiiri (circle): All form closed circle, and circle CW, 16 walking steps. Ditto CCW, 16 walking steps. |
See videos from/with Porvoon Kansantanssijat ry Katajaiset 2022; Karjalan Nuorten kansantanssiryhmä Lykky 2021; Helsingin pitäjän tanhuujat ja spelarit 2014; Helsingin pitäjän tanhuujat ja spelarit 2013.
Provenance: Olli Kasa was taught the dance in Suistamo, in the 1950s. Taught by Martti Vanhapelto, in Vancouver 1985-11 and 1987-02. One of the combined dances for Nordlek 2012 in Steinkjer, Norway.
Source: Rausmaa, Esko/ Tanhuvakka: suomen perinnetanssit. 3rd ed. [Helsinki]: Suomalaisen Kansantanssin Ystävät ry, 2012. pp. 241-242.
See also:
-- Rausmaa, Pirkko-Liisa & Esko/ Tanhuvakka: suuri suomalainen kansantanssikirja. Porvoo: Werner Söderström, 1977. pp. 184-185.
-- documentation prepared for Nordlek 2012 in Steinkjer, Norway. [in Danish]
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2012-01-08, rev. 2023-09-27.
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