Country: Viitasaari, Keski-Suomi, Finland
Type: set dance
Formation: 4 or 8 couple quadrille. Head couples (couples 1 and 3) respectively have backs to music and face music.
Side couples (couples 2 and 4) have L and R sides to music, respectively. All face centre of set, holding inside hands.
W5M5 W6M6
W3-M3 M4 W7
M2 W4 W4 M7
| | or
W2 M4 M3 W8
M1-W1 W3 M8
M2W2 M1W1
music
Steps: kävelyä (walk)
| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| 1-8 | 1 (a) | Vastuu ja läpikänti (advance,retire,pass-thru): Head couples advance (1-2), 4 walking steps, and retire (3-4), 4 walking steps. Head couples pass through, W on inside, to opposite side, and turn CCW to face into the set (5-8), 8 walking steps. |
| 9-12 | (b) | Vastuu ja läpikäynti pjörähtäen (advance,retire,cpl turn): Head couples advance and retire (vastuu), 8 walking steps, |
| 13-16 | Head couples advance again, 4 walking steps (13-14), take two-hand hold with opposite, and turn CW one-half turn [sic] (15-16), 4 walking steps, | |
| 17-18 | return to original side, 4 walking steps, | |
| 19-20 | take 2-hand hold with partner and turn CW on the spot, 4 walking steps. | |
| 1-20 | Side couples repeat (1 (a) and 1 (b)). | |
| 1-8 | 2 (a) | Vastuu ja läpikänti (advance,retire,pass-thru): In a 4 couple set, couples 1 and 2 together, as well as couples 3 and 4,
repeat (1 (a)).
In an 8 couple set, all dance with corner couple. |
| 9-12 | (b) | Vastuu ja läpikäynti pjörähtäen (advance,retire,cpl turn): In a 4 couple set, couples 1 and 2 together, as well as couples 3 and 4, repeat (1 (b)). |
| 1-8 | 3 (a) | Vastuu ja läpikänti (advance,retire,pass-thru): In a 4 couple set, couples 1 and 4 together, as well as couples 2 and 3, repeat (1 (a)). |
| 9-12 | (b) | Vastuu ja läpikäynti pjörähtäen (advance,retire,cpl turn): In a 4 couple set, couples 1 and 4 together, as well as couples 2 and 3, repeat (1 (b)).
In an 8 couple set, all dance with neighbour couple on same side. |
See videos of slightly re-choreographed versions with Karjalan Nuorten ryhmä Roihu 2022 [6 couples], Karjalan Nuorten ryhmä Lykky 2022 [3 couples],
Provenance: Dance recalled by Otto Harjun, 1936. Several informants described the dance, including Vihtori Paanaselta, Vihtoru Liimataiselta (1908), Toivo Salonen, and musician Evert Närhiltä (1906), all from Viitasaari. Music from H. Leinonen (1911),
Source: Rausmaa, Esko/ Tanhuvakka: Suomen perinnetanssit. s.l.: Suomalaisen Kansantanssin Ystävät ry, 2012. p. 138-139.
See also:
-- Rausmaa, Pirkko-Liisa & Esko/ Tanhuvakka. Porvoo: W Söderström, 1977. pp. 209-210.
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2019-06-18, rev. 2023-03-10.
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