Country: Rautalammilta, Keski-Suomi (central), Finland
Type: set dance
Formation: sets of 2 couples, facing partner across the set,
music
M1
W2 M2
W1
Steps: kävelyä (walk)
| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| 1-4 | (a) | Karkelo kaartaen (riijuu): Couple 1 dances karkelo kaartaen [to opposite place]. 8 walking steps. |
| 1-4 | Couple 2 dances karkelo as above. 8 walking steps.
music
W1
M2 W2
M1
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| 5-9 | (b) | Paripjörintä (couple turn): M1 with W2, in 2-hand hold, turns [2-1/2 times round] CW.
Meanwhile, M2 with W1, in 2-hand hold, turns [2 times round] CW, 10 walking steps.
music
W1
M2 M1
W2
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| 5-9 | All take 2-hand hold with partner, and turn [2 times round] CCW, 10 walking steps.
Finish facing opposite couple. |
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| |:1-4:||:5-9:| | Repeat from (a) to finish in original place.
[My clarification/obfuscation - others are, of course, possible: |:1-4:| W1 and W2 dance karkelo, then M1 and M2 dance karkelo 5-9 M1 & W2 turn CW 2-1/2 times, M2 & W1 turn twice round CW 5-9 M1 & W1 and M2 & W2 turn twice round CCW] |
Provenance: Published by Asko Pulkkinen in 1914. Informed by Ville Puraselta from Rautalampi, as it was dance 'about 10 years ago'. Music as remembered by K.W, Hanell in the 1870s, as played by Martti Bålman from Viitasaari.
Source: Rausmaa, Esko/ Tanhuvakka: suomen perinnetanssit. Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kansantanssin Ystävät ry, 2012. p.137.
See also:
-- Rausmaa, Pirkko-Liisa & Esko/ Tanhuvakka: suuri suomalainen kansantanssikirja. Porvoo: Werner Söderström, 1977. pp. 280-281.
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2019-02-01, rev. 2023-10-30.
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