On February 23rd, an annual celebration of Finnish culture happened at Our Savior’s Evangelical Lutheran Church. The celebration is called Kalevala Day. A national holiday in Finland that celebrates ...

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ON February 28, the Finnish people celebrated the centenary of the completion by Elias Lonnrott of the first edition of the Kalevala, the Finnish national folk-epic. The celebrations culminated in a ...

“As generations go, I think, you know, we fall away, but there are still plenty of people young and old holding on to the culture of the Finnish community and making new memories and new traditions ...

In Finland, Kalevala Day is celebrated on Feb. 28 in honor of Finnish culture and the Finnish national epic, the Kalevala. The tale has profoundly shaped the Finnish national identity, influencing the ...

(The Conversation) — At the outset of the Kalevala, Finland’s national epic, a singer bemoans his separation from a beloved friend who grew up beside him. Today, the friends rarely meet “näillä ...

At the outset of the Kalevala, Finland’s national epic, a singer bemoans his separation from a beloved friend who grew up beside him. Today, the friends rarely meet “näillä raukoilla rajoilla, ...

HANCOCK, Mich. (WLUC) - As other Hancock Heikinpäivä Finnish events failed because of the cold, Finland’s national epic was reimagined in the Hancock community art center. The annual ‘Art from the ...

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The Kalevala, a poem based on Finnish folklore and mythology, is regarded as the national epic of Finland. As such, the 28 of February has been set aside in Finland as a day to commemorate this piece ...