Runeberg Lodge 205 St. Urho's Day Celebration - Pictures & Video Clips
St Urho's Day - note all the purple & green
Klas, Leena, Brenda & George
Sandy, Katrina, Julia, & Glenn
1st video clip of 3: Inke Sunila reciting from the
Kalevala. The Kalevala is an epic poem, compiled from Finnish
and Karelian folklore in the 19th century
2nd video clip of 3: Inke Sunila reciting from the
Kalevala.
3rd video clip of 3: Inke Sunila reciting from the
Kalevala.
Old Finnish-Karelian Folk Song Roy Kosonen provides: Historical background, & then sings the folk song called "Reppurin Laulu", ("The Peddler's Song.") It was composed by the Finnish song-writer Oskari Merikanto, sometime in the late 19th or early 20th century. The lyrics are in the Livvi dialect of the Aunus (Olonets) region of East Karelia, on the north shore of Laatokka (Ladoga).
note: Apologies for not holding camera steady
This 2008 video vs. 2009 video of Roy singing same song: Quality of 2009 video is better This 2008 video viewed 11,164 times The 2009 video viewed 8,349 times 2008/9 total views:19,513 as of 2/11/15
