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Living Heritage of Finland
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kermesse
denoting the mass said on the anniversary of the foundation of a church (or the parish) and in honour of the patron
musical saw
regular cutting saw used to produce musical sounds
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International Workers' Day
celebration in the international labour movement on May Day
open-air theatre
outdoor theatre in summer
Kalevala bone setting
no description
Finnish traditional healing
no description
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rya tradition in Vesilahti
no description
vanhojen tanssit
formal prom held in Finnish upper secondary schools to celebrate students entering their senior year
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National Sleepy Head Day
annual celebration in Finland
Mother's Day in Finland
holiday tradition
Finnish the 1st of May
Traditions related to the celebration of the 1st of May in Finland
berry picking
agricultural activity for picking berries
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Gymnastics tradition in Finland
no description
African music and dance in Finland
way of practicing music and dance
Tommi knife making
craft of making a Tommi knife
forest relationship in Finland
no description
tar burning in pits
no description
Celebrating Valentine's Day in Finland
celebration
communal work
providing manual labour to others, especially for major projects, with examples from around the world
salty licorice
Northern European confectionery
leimarit
parties of sexual and gender minorities in Tampere
Stafettkarnevalen
relay race event for Swedish-speaking schools in Finland
winter seine fishing in Lake Puruvesi
no description
playing in the snow
no description
särä tradition in Helsinki
Finnish food tradition
körtti hymn singing
way to sing hymns
rössypottu
traditional Finnish dish
Whitsunday festivities in Ritvala village
no description
Crucession
procession made by the parishioners of the Orthodox Church
Karelian folkdance
Finnish dance tradition
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visiting cemeteries on Christmas Eve
no description
Rautalammi market
Finnish market event
Living Christmas Calendar of Käpylä
no description
Pessimism days of Puolanka
Finnish event
cross-country skiing in unbroken snow
suomalainen urheilulaji
conferment of master’s degrees
no description
sautéed reindeer
traditional meal from Lapland and Sakha (Yakutia)
purpuri dance in the Kokkola area
no description
Market of Plassi
Finnish event
Shrove Tuesday
day in February or March preceding Ash Wednesday
nature hobby
a tradition of leisure
Summer market in Somerniemi
Finnish summer event
bread tradition
Finnish tradition
ryijy
traditional shaggy knotted-pile hanging of Finland
poor man statue
carved wooden statues placed outside Lutheran churches in Finland and in Sweden
Nivala Rebellion Week
event week in Nivala
allotment
plot of land sub-divided into smaller parcels for individual, non-commercial gardening or growing of food plants
making national costumes
no description
Narvan Markkinat
An event to be held in Narva, Vesilahti, Finland
Market of Mikkeli
Finnish event
May Day concert of Narvan Soittokunta
annual music event
mämmi
Finnish Easter dessert
mykyrokka
traditional Finnish soup
music playschool
Finnish music school for children under school age
St. Urho’s Day
celebration of the fictional patron saint of Finland
funfair tradition in Finland
no description
freedom to roam in Finland
right of public access to land or bodies of water in Finland
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gold mining in Lapland
Finnish tradition
Matti and Teppo -jokes
finnish joke tradition
scoop net fishing
fishing method
traditional leather tanning
handicraft tradition
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Opening of the Finnish summer
no description
Stinginess of the people in Laihia
cluster of tales, jokes and anecdotes related to people of Laihia
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shoe making
craft of making shoes
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Korsnäs sweater making
craft of making a Korsnäs sweater
traditional fishing culture in the Torne River’s rapids
Finnish fishing tradition
Karelian pasty
traditional pasties from Karelia
hunting with the Finnish Spitz
Finnish tradition
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kalakukko
traditional food from the Finnish region of Savonia
Finnish spitz and safeguarding the hunting tradition
no description
declaration of Christmas Peace in Turku
no description
Jukola relay
orienteering relay race held annually in Finland
Juhannus
Midsummer Day in Finland and Ingria (historic area in Russia)
Joulupukki
Christmas figure from Finland
minuet in the village of Jeppo
no description
heavy metal
genre of rock music characterized by slack-tuned instruments, and unconventional changes of tonality (key) and time signature (metre)
National Culture Days of the Deaf
no description
infant baptism
Christian baptism of infants or young children
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log driving
moving logs (sawn tree trunks) downstream along waterways
the culture of the engineering students
Finnish student culture
aviation tradition of Helsinki-Malmi Airport
Finnish tradition
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Children’s the first of May
holiday tradition
nålebinding
single-needle textile netting technique that predates knitting and crochet
Knitting tikkuröijy sweaters from Hailuoto island
no description
gymnastics
sport; includes artistic, rhythmic, trampoline, and other versions
dyeing textiles with natural dyes
textile process
miniature wargaming
form of wargaming which incorporates miniature figures, miniature armor and modeled terrain
Finnish paganism
polytheistic religion in Finland, Estonia, and Karelia prior to Christianisation
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reindeer herding
practice of herding reindeer in a limited area
stowage of cellulose bales
working method
rotina tradition
Taking a food gift to a newborn’s family
minuet in Finland’s Swedish-speaking areas
no description
Finnish-Swedish folk dance
Finnish dance tradition
Ingrian röntyskä
Ingrian folkdance
singing tradition of the Finnish Roma people
no description
kantele
Finnish and Karelian plucked string instrument
dam hunting in Iijoki
method of fishing
New Year celebrations in Finland
Customs and traditions for celebrating the new year in Finland
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know-how regarding the Finnhorse
no description
Venetian Festival
The celebration of the last weekend of August
baking the traditional Eura twists
no description
Hobby horsing
sport using stick horses
pea soup
thick soup usually made out of dried split peas
lamentation
expression of grief in song, music, or poetry
trick-or-treating on Holy Saturday in western Finland
Finnish tradition before Easter
duck, duck, goose
children's chasing game
hydrotherapy of Uoti
method of treatment
barrel organ
French mechanical musical instrument
coffee culture in Finland
Finnish drinking tradition
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rye cutting and threshing using traditional methods
working method
horsemanship of the Roma
no description
jouhikko
traditional string instrument
yllättäjäiset
a surprise visit to the new home
sailing on traditional clinker boats
no description
Nordic clinker boat traditions
method of boat building
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felting
handicraft technique
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horta hunting
foraging for wild greens and herbs
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Lace-making in Heinämaa village
no description
knitting
forming and interlacing of loops using needles according to a prescribed manner or pattern, either by machine or by hand
Christmasvalko
A horse figure built of wood and white cloth
Demoscene
Production of digital audiovisual works
Finnish beer culture
no description
bedtime story
telling of a story to somebody about to sleep
Finnish wedding traditions
traditions for a wedding
Making of shingle baskets from pulled shingles
handicraft
mushroom hunting
activity of gathering mushrooms in the wild
Weaving of net bags
handicraft
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Shrove sunday of Taivaskallio
The Shrove sunday event at Taivaskallio
Finnish tango
music genre and type of dance
cheesesoup tradition
Finnish food tradition
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glass blowing
technique for forming glass
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Tavastian banquet
finnish tradition
ballade
musical setting of a literary ballad; poetic and musical genre in the 18th and 19th centuries, popular with the Romantics and their later epigones
goldsmithing
work of forging things out of gold, especially jewelry
ghost story
genre of fiction featuring supernatural elements
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Finnish purpuri dance
Finnish dance
blood cupping
form of cupping in which blood is drained from tissues