Using the ancient oral poetry of Finland and Karelia, Elias Lönnrot wrote "Kalevala", the Finnish national epic.
"Kalevala" talks about some Finnish heroes, like Kullervo, Vainamoinen, Lemminkainen, etc.
From it, Jean Sibelius, the major and most famouser Finnish composer, took the inspiration to write most of his music.
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2 comments:
You do really like Finland :) That's make me feel sooo happy and proud! I am that Finnish girl Mirva from Interpals, if you remember. ^_^
By the way, we visited with my friends in last month at Elias Lönnrot's birthplace, called Paikkarin Torppa. I do not know hows it is in English.. Croft of.. well someone. :D
Ps. My blog I linked here it's only Finnish right now, sorry. But there's lot of my drawings. hehe.
I remember, Mirva, thank you very much for your nice words. I hope you received my letter
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