Country: Finland
Type: set dance
Formation: 6 to 8 couples in open circle, facing into set, partnerrs holding inside (MR/WL) hands.
Steps:
juoksu (low running steps, 'soft' knees);
polkua (stamp/stomp)
Sheet music:
(1) Rausmaa, Pirkko-Liisa & Esko/ Tanhuvakan sävelmistö. Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kansantanssin Ystävät ry, 1998. p.98.
(2) Karjalainen Nuorisoliitto/ Tanhuohjelma 1982 p.15
Recordings: Pelimannikilta Tavallisen taajaan (SKY) track 30.
See also midi file.
| Bars | Sequence | Dance progression: |
| |:1-3:||:4-6:| | 1 | Kättely (chain): Beginning with [R-hand] to neighbour all dance chain around the set, 24 running steps. |
| 1-3 | Kyynärkoukkupyörinät (elbow-hook turn): All take R-elbow hook hold with partner and turn CW on the spot, 6 running steps. | |
| 1-3 | Clap hands and take L-elbow hook hold with partner and turn CCW on the spot, 6 running steps. | |
| 4-6 | 2 | (M advance,retire,progress): All M run into centre (4-5), 4 running steps. M stamp twice (6), turn to L, |
| 4-6 | and move to next W on their L in the circle (4-5), stamp twice (6), | |
| 1-3 | Kyynärkoukkupyörinät (elbow-hook turn): take R-elbow hook hold and turn CW on the spot, 6 running steps, then | |
| 1-3 | clap hands, take L-elbow hook hold, and turn CCW on the spot, 6 running steps. | |
| |:4-6:| | Again all M run to the center and back and repeat elbow-hook turns with each W [moving CW around the set]. | |
| |:1-3:||:4-6:| | Repeat until all M, moving CW, have danced with all W. | |
| |:1-3:||:4-6:| | 3 | Tähti (couple star): Holding inside (MR/WL) hands with partner, all form a CCW star, such that M grab the shoulder of M in front of them [with free L hand], while W holds skirt. The star moves CCW, 24 running steps. |
| |:1-3:||:4-6:| | Couples turn CW so that W form CW star as above, [24 running steps]. | |
| |:1-3:| | Kisapyörintä (swing): Couples take polska hold with partner, with ML arm raised up, and WR hand is holding skirt. Turn CW on the spot, 12 running steps. | |
| |:4-6:| | Couples clap, and turn CCW on the spot.
Finish in the circle, with adjacent pairs facing each other [ie alternate pairs facing CW and CCW], holding [inside (MR/WL)] hands with partner. |
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| |:1-3:| | 4 | Portit (arches): CW-facing couples run under the arch formed by oncoming couple, as all move 3 steps forward, then CW-facing couples form an arch for next oncoming couple. |
| |:4-6:||:1-3:| | Continue alternately forming an arch and going under an arch, to original place. | |
| |:4-6:| | Kyynärkoukkupyörinät (elbow-hook turn): Take elbow-hook hold with partner and turn CW on the spot, 12 running steps, followed by turning CCW, 12 running steps. | |
| |:1-3:||:4-6:| | 5 | Kättely (chain): Repeat part 1.
Once returned to original place, all hold inside (MR/WL) hand with partner, turn to face CCW around the set, and chase CCW off the floor. |
See videos from/with Kiikurit Finnish Folk Dancers, Thunder Bay, ON 2010 (4 couples); Nuorisoseura Karjalan Nuorten kansantanssiryhmä Lykky 2021. See also: Vepsäläinen piirikatrilli 2020
Note: not included in 2012 ed. of Tanhuvakka.
Source: Rausmaa, Pirkko-Liisa & Esko/ Tanhuvakka: suuri suomalainen kansantanssikirja. Porvoo: Werner Söderström, 1977. pp.139-141.
See also:
-- Ollikainen, Meri/ Karjalaisia leikkejä ja kansantanhuja (Suomen Naisten Liikuntakasvatusliitto, 29) Porvoo: WSOY, 1947.
-- Suomen Nuorison Liiton/ Tanhuohjelma 1968
-- Karjalainen Nuorisoliitto/ Tanhuohjelma 1982 p.15
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2023-11-14.
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