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kermesse
travelling amusement park
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International Workers' Day
celebration in the international labour movement on May Day
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open-air theatre
outdoor theatre event in summer
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Kalevala bone setting
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Day of Vilppu
Finnish event
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Finnish traditional healing
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pesäpallo
Finnish baseball
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rya tradition in Vesilahti
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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
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Mother's Day in Finland
holiday tradition
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Finnish the 1st of May
Traditions related to the celebration of the 1st of May in Finland
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tukkilaiskisat
traditional timber
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berry picking
agricultural activity for picking berries
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Gymnastics tradition in Finland
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African music and dance in Finland
way of practicing music and dance
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Tommi knife making
craft of making a Tommi knife
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forest relationship in Finland
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tar burning in pits
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Celebrating Valentine's Day in Finland
celebration
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communal work
gathering for mutually accomplishing a task or for fundraising
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salty licorice
Northern European confectionery
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rag rug weaving
traditional textile craft
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leimarit
parties of sexual and gender minorities in Tampere
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Stafettkarnevalen
relay race event for Swedish-speaking schools in Finland
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winter seine fishing in Lake Puruvesi
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playing in the snow
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circus culture
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särä tradition in Helsinki
Finnish food tradition
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semla
widespread tradition in Sweden and other Nordic countries in conjunction with Shrove Tuesday since the Middle Ages
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musical saw
regular cutting saw used to produce musical sounds
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körtti hymn singing
way to sing hymns
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rössypottu
traditional Finnish dish
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rieska
Finnish bread
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Runeberg Day
flag-flying day in Finland
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Whitsunday festivities in Ritvala village
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Crucession
procession made by the parishioners of the Orthodox Church
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Karelian folkdance
Finnish dance tradition
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visiting cemeteries on Christmas Eve
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Rautalammi market
Finnish market event
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Living Christmas Calendar of Käpylä
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Kaustinen fiddle playing and related practices and expressions
Finnish music tradition
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Pessimism days of Puolanka
Finnish event
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cross-country skiing in unbroken snow
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conferment of master’s degrees
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sautéed reindeer
traditional meal from Lapland and Sakha (Yakutia)
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purpuri dance in the Kokkola area
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Market of Plassi
Finnish event
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Shrove Tuesday
day in February or March preceding Ash Wednesday
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penkkarit
annual tradition among Finnish upper secondary school students
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nature hobby
a tradition of leisure
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Summer market in Somerniemi
Finnish summer event
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Finnish puppet theatre
puppet theatre as played in Finland
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bread tradition
Finnish tradition
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knitting
forming and interlacing of loops using needles according to a prescribed manner or pattern, either by machine or by hand
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ryijy
traditional shaggy knotted-pile hanging of Finland
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poor man statue
carved wooden statues placed outside Lutheran churches in Finland and in Sweden
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Nivala Rebellion Week
event week in Nivala
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allotment
plot of land sub-divided into smaller parcels for individual, non-commercial gardening or growing of food plants
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making national costumes
no description
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Narvan Markkinat
event to be held in Narva, Vesilahti, Finland
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Market of Mikkeli
Finnish event
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May Day concert of Narvan Soittokunta
annual music event
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mölkky
game of skill
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mämmi
Finnish Easter dessert
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mykyrokka
traditional Finnish soup
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music playschool
Finnish music school for children under school age
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St. Urho’s Day
celebration of the fictional patron saint of Finland
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funfair tradition in Finland
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hide-and-seek
children's game
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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
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handmade glass production
craft of making glass objects using various techniques
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Matti and Teppo -jokes
Finnish joke tradition
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scoop net fishing
fishing method
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scoop-net making
craft
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Leipäjuusto
Finnish cheese
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traditional leather tanning
handicraft tradition
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barn dance
type of dance
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Opening of the Finnish summer
no description
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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
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traditional fishing culture in the Torne River’s rapids
traditional fishing method that is still being practised in the various rapids of the Torne Valley
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kekri
Finnish autumn festival
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Finnish skittles
Finnish game
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Karelian pasty
traditional pasties from Karelia
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hunting with the Finnish Spitz
Finnish tradition
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kalakukko
traditional food from the Finnish region of Savonia
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Kalajoen Kajari
music event
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Finnish spitz and safeguarding the hunting tradition
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Finncattle
cattle breed
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declaration of Christmas Peace in Turku
no description
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Jukola relay
orienteering relay race held annually in Finland
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Juhannus
Midsummer Day in Finland and Ingria (historic area in Russia)
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Joulupukki
Christmas figure from Finland
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minuet in the village of Jeppo
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National Culture Days of the Deaf
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infant baptism
Christian baptism of infants or young children
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Finnish sauna
traditional Finnish way of bathing
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runo song
ancient song genre
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log driving
moving logs (sawn tree trunks) downstream along waterways
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the culture of the engineering students
Finnish student culture
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Statues
children's game
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aviation tradition of Helsinki-Malmi Airport
Finnish tradition
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Children’s the first of May
holiday tradition
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nålebinding
single-needle textile netting technique that predates knitting and crochet
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Knitting tikkuröijy sweaters from Hailuoto island
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gymnastics
sport; includes artistic, rhythmic, trampoline, and other versions
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dyeing textiles with natural dyes
textile process
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clinker boat building
ancient technique in the Nordic shipbuilding tradition
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Baltic Finnic paganism
polytheistic religion of the Baltic Finnic peoples prior to Christianisation
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reindeer herding
practice of herding reindeer in a limited area
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miniature wargaming
form of wargaming which incorporates miniature figures, miniature armor and modeled terrain
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stowage of cellulose bales
working method
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rotina tradition
Taking a food gift to a newborn’s family
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minuet in Finland’s Swedish-speaking areas
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Finnish-Swedish folk dance
Finnish dance tradition
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Ingrian röntyskä
Ingrian folkdance
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singing tradition of the Finnish Roma people
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dam hunting in Iijoki
method of fishing
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New Year celebrations in Finland
Customs and traditions for celebrating the new year in Finland
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liver casserole
Finnish dish
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know-how regarding the Finnhorse
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fika
Swedish practice of taking a break, relax, socialise, talk, drink coffee (or another drink) and eat something at the same time
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Venetian Festival
The celebration of the last weekend of August
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baking the traditional Eura twists
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Hobby horsing
sport using stick horses
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pea soup
thick soup usually made out of dried split peas
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lamentation
expression of grief in song, music, or poetry
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Easter bonfires
no description
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virvonta
Finnish Easter tradition
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trick-or-treating on Holy Saturday in western Finland
Finnish tradition before Easter
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duck, duck, goose
children's chasing game
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hydrotherapy of Uoti
method of treatment
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barrel organ
mechanical musical instrument
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coffee culture in Finland
Finnish drinking tradition
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kantele
Finnish and Karelian plucked string instrument
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rye cutting and threshing using traditional methods
working method
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horsemanship of the Roma
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jouhikko
traditional string instrument
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mushroom hunting
activity of gathering mushrooms in the wild
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yllättäjäiset
a surprise visit to the new home
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sailing on traditional clinker boats
maritime tradition in Norway, Finland
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felting
the activity of making wool or other cloth into felt
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tikkuristi
dance
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horta hunting
foraging for wild greens and herbs
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capture the flag
game from Finland
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Lace-making in Heinämaa village
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heavy metal
genre of rock music characterized by slack-tuned instruments, and unconventional changes of tonality (key) and time signature (metre)
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Christmasvalko
A horse figure built of wood and white cloth
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easter egg
decorated egg
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demoscene
subculture focused on production of digital audiovisual works
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