Country: Savitainpale, Etelä-Karjala, Finland
Type: set dance
Formation: sets of 2 couples, facing partner across the set,
music
M1
W2 M2
W1
Steps: polkka,
kävelyä (walk)
| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| 1-2 | 1 (a) | Paikan vaihto (change places): M1 and W1 changes places, curving into opposite place. 4 walking steps. |
| 3-4 | M2 and W2 change places. 4 walking steps. | |
| 5-8 | Repeat (a) to return to place. | |
| (b) | Karkelo: Couple 1 dances karkelo, 4 polkka steps, as follows: | |
| 9-10 | Both dance 2 polkka steps diagonally to R of partner, | |
| 11 | then dance 1 polkka step backwards and turning halfway round CCW [over L shoulder], | |
| 12 | and finally dance 1 polkka step backwards into opposite place. | |
| 13-16 | Couple 1 repeat (b) to return to original place. | |
| 1-8 | 2 (a) | Paikan vaihto (change places): All repeat (a). |
| 9-16 | (b) | Karkelo: Couple 2 dances karkelo (b). |
Provenance: Described by Johana Kylliäiseltä, who had learned it around 1865. Published by Anni Collan in 1908.
Source: Rausmaa, Esko/ Tanhuvakka: suomen perinnetanssit. Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kansantanssin Ystävät ry, 2012. p.217.
See also:
-- Rausmaa, Pirkko-Liisa & Esko/ Tanhuvakka. Porvoo: W Söderström, 1977. p.281.
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2019-02-01, rev. 2023-03-07.
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