Country: Tenala, Nyland/Uusimaa, Finland
Type: couple dance, mixer
Formation: any number of couples in open circle, M and W holding inside arm around partner's waist, outside arm hanging. Facing in CCW (LOD).
Steps:
sparksteg, (kick-step),
gångsteg (walk)
Sheet music:
(1) Heikel, Yngvar/ nr 58 'Maskurát, Korpo' in: Folkdans: B. dansbeskrivningar sammanställda av Yngvar Heikel.
(Skrifter utgivna av Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland, 268; Finlands Svenska folkdiktning, VI) Faksimilutgåva 1982.
Helsingfors: Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland, 1938. p.324.
(2) Finlands Svenska Folkdansring/ 'maskurat, after K.A. Lind' Musik till 10 finlandssvenska folkdanser. (Instruktionshäfte 2)
[Helsingfors]: Finlands Svenska Folkdansring rf, [1972]. p.14.
(3) Finlands svenska folkdansring/ 'maskurat, after K.A. Lind' Årsprogram 2001-2002. [Helsingfors]: Finlands Svenska Folkdansring rf, [2001]. p.46.
Recordings: Finlands svenska folkdansring Årsprogram 2001-2002 track 05.
| Bars | Part | Dance progression |
|---|---|---|
| 15-16 | upnotes | All wait. |
| |:1-8:| | (a) | Promenade: Beginning with L foot, all dance CCW (1-8,1-7). 30 walking steps. Drop hand-hold and turn to face partner (8), M in inner circle, W in outer circle. Hands on hips. |
| }:9-16:| | (b) | Figuré (kick-steps): Beginning with L foot, all dance 6 kick-steps (9-14). Change places with partner, passing on the L
[passing R shoulders] (14-15), 4 walking steps.
Repeat (b) to return to place (9-16).
Repeat from (a) as desired. [At each repeat, to turn this into a mixer, all W may move CCW to next M.] Lyrics: (sung to part (a))
|
Provenance: Music after L.W. Fagerlund transcribed in 1877; music after K.A. Lind transcribed in 1909. According to dance informant Karl August Lind, born 1852, the dance dates to the 1850s. Also occurs in Sweden, to different music, see fjäskern.
Source: Finlands Svenska Folkdansring/ 10 finlandssvenska folkdanser. (Instruktionshäfte 2)
[Helsingfors]: Finlands Svenska Folkdansring rf, [1972]. p.21.
See also:
-- Heikel, Yngvar/ nr 538 in: Folkdans: B. dansbeskrivningar sammanställda av Yngvar Heikel.
(Skrifter utgivna av Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland, 268; Finlands Svenska folkdiktning, VI) Faksimilutgåva 1982.
Helsingfors: Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland, 1938. pp. XIII, 324-325, 442.
-- Finlands svenska folkdansring/ Årsprogram 2001-2002. [Helsingfors]: Finlands Svenska Folkdansring rf, [2001]. p.46.
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2023-05-01
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