Finnish Folk facts
While investigating facts about Finnish Folklore and Finnish Folk Music, I found out little known, but curios details like:
In Finnish folk legend, during the midsummer festival if a girl stands naked at a lake a midnight she'll be able to see her future husband
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The Säkkijärven polkka, a Finnish folk song which the Finnish Army played continuously over 1,500 times on Soviet radio-controlled mine frequencies to jam them during the Continuation War
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across. Here are 6 of the best facts about Finnish Folk Song and Finnish Folk Metal I managed to collect.
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The famous Leekspin song is based on a scat sing section of a traditional Finnish folk song "Ievan Polkka"
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The "Binky Song" from Arthur is a sample from an actual song by a Finnish folk music band
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Finnish Folk Metal exists.
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A Finnish folk song was used during the Continuation War to defuse mines
