Country: Häme, Finland
Type: set dance
Formation: 6 dancers, in a cross formation. Dancers 1 and 2 face, as do 3 and 4, and 5 and 6 face across the set. Gender neutral.
4
3
5 6
2
1
Steps:
enkeliskahyppely (jig),
polkua (stamp/stomp),
kävelyä (walk)
| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| 1-4 | (a) | Enkeliskahyppely (jig steps): Dancers 1, 2, 3, and 4 dance 6 jig steps (1-3), followed by 3 stamps (4). |
| 5-8 | Dancers 1, 2, 3, and 4 repeat (a). | |
| 9-16 | (b) | Enkeliskakierto (reel of 4): Dancers 1, 2, 3, and 4 dance a reel of 4, beginning passing on the L
[ie passing R shoulders].
Continue 1/4 of a reel past original place, such that dancers 2 and 3 respectively finish in 1 and 4's original places, while 4 and 1 finish back to back facing 5 and 6 respectively. 16 walking steps.
3
5 4 1 6
2
|
| 1-8,9-16 | Dancers 5, 4, 1 and 6 repeat (a) and (b). |
See videos from/with Suomen Nuorisoseurat for Barnlek 2014, and with some variations Karjalaiset kesäjuhlat Lappeenranta 2014; Sacramento Scholarship Ball 2015; Soukan Kansantanssijat 2023.
Source: Rausmaa, Esko/ Tanhuvakka: suomen perinnetanssit. 3rd ed. [Helsinki]: Suomalaisen Kansantanssin Ystävät ry, 2012. p.215.
See also:
-- Rausmaa, Pirkko-Liisa & Esko/ Tanhuvakka: suuri suomalainen kansantanssikirja. Porvoo: Werner Söderström, 1977. pp. 379-380.
-- Aronen, Juha-Matti (Jussi) & Lennu Yläneva/
Kuuden kolmeinen. 1999.
-- Aronen, Juha-Matti (Jussi) & Lennu Yläneva/ 'Kuuden kolmeinen' in: Stockton Folk Dance Camp/
Syllabus of dance descriptions 1999. Stockton, CA: Stockton Folk Dance Camp, 1999. p. 9 & Errata p.3.
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2013-03-05, rev. 2023-11-03.
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