Finnish Tango (oil on canvas 85cm x 65cm)
Today is Kalevala Day, the Finnish Day of Culture. This is a painting I did a while back after a visit to the country, of the national dance, the tango. I kid you not…
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The Kalevala
Scott Sandwich explaining the Kalevala in less than 10 minutes:
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02/28/2026 is Rare Disease Day 🌎, Day of Finnish Culture 🇫🇮, Kalevala Day 🇫🇮, National Science Day 🇮🇳, National Chocolate Souffle Day 🇺🇸, National Floral Design Day 💐🇺🇸, National Public Sleeping Day 😴🇺🇸, National Tooth Fairy Day 🦷🧚♀️🇺🇸 #rarediseaseday #dayoffinnishculture #kalevaladay #nationalscienceday
Today, February 28th, our Friends in #Finland are celebrating #KalevalaDay!
*The Kalevala is a 19th-century work of epic poetry compiled by #EliasLönnrot from Finnish and Karelian oral folklore and mythology.
( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaleval... )
We'll be celebrating #KalevalaDay in our dark 🌑 #menstrual 🛖 in honour of the Maiden of the North!
which might serve to bind the evil,
And to close the gaping edges
Of the great wound from the iron'
#Kalevala Runo 8
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She's having none of it, and asks the Fieldfare:
'Tell me, O thou little fieldfare,
Sing thou, that my ears may hear it,
Whether it indeed is better,
Whether thou hast heard 'tis better,
For a girl in father's dwelling,
Or in household of a husband?'
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