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Finland is also packed with saunas and has a strong welfare state. Several unusual traditions and social norms contribute to the country's culture. Here are seven surprising facts about the ...
Following its recession around 8000 BC, people began arriving in what is today Finland, with a majority presumably traveling from the south and east. Recent archaeological finds also reveal the presence of the north-western Komsa culture in northern Finland to be as old as the earliest discoveries on the Norwegian coast. [1]
Folklore is not new, commercial or foreign contemporary culture, or the so-called "high culture". In particular, rural traditions have been considered in Finland as folklore . According to a well-known essay by Alan Dundes folklore includes at least the folk stories and other verbal tradition, music, traditional objects and buildings, religion ...
The Finnish national awakening in the mid-19th century was the result of members of the Swedish-speaking upper classes deliberately choosing to promote Finnish culture and language as a means of nation building, i.e. to establish a feeling of unity among all people in Finland including (and not of least importance) between the ruling elite and ...
Sports culture in Finland (1 C) Surnames of Finnish origin (1 C, 100 P) W. Works about Finland (4 C) Y. Finnish youth culture (2 C) Pages in category "Culture of Finland"
He creates funny illustrations that reference literature, art, and culture. His work thrives on wordplay, irony, and unexpected connections. Today, we would like to share John’s latest cartoons ...
If you want to take a closer look at nature's wonders, you've come to the right place!Ian Granström, a photographer from Southern Finland, captures intimate wildlife images of foxes, birds, elk ...
Map showing the distribution of the Finnic languages, approximating the area where the Finnic riddles were found. The corpus of traditional riddles from the Finnic-speaking world (including the modern Finland, Estonia, and parts of Western Russia) is fairly unitary, though eastern Finnish-speaking regions show particular influence of Russian Orthodox Christianity and Slavonic riddle culture. [1]