Karelian Folk Music Ensemble "Tui Tui Tuomen Kukka" 

My ancestors moved from Karelia to Russia in the 17th century, escaping Swedish taxes :-) My great grandmother could speak to Finnish tourists in Leningrad freely. Love the music.

My grandmother came to sweden as a war child and shes still alive and have the strongest of soul that i met. We never learned finnish because my mother wanted us to learn swedish. But i just found out the order day that she is karelian. It was the missing piece in my identity. Love all of you stay strong we are ancient people with strong souls

Im half Karelian. I miss my motherland. "Mummo" cried to her dying dags she wanted to go back HOME. Soviet stole Karelia from Finland. But no matter how scattered we are as Karelians, we will NEVER forget our honeland. We love you! Mummo mä rakastan sinua niin paljon

I have main heritage in Karelia, as do many others in Finland. Back when war struck the Karelian evacuees made about 11% of the population of Finland. You can imagine how the Karelian heritage have taken roots in modern society.

My mother is from karelia and because of her I am now a Finish citizen as well as a U.S. citizen.

Hyvä, inmihiiset! Oon itse ingeroin. Ingeroiset saoivat enne, jot ovat ingerikarjalaiset eli etteläkarjalaiset. Möös soomalaiset ovat läntiinkarjalaiset.

The music instantly transports you back to days of old, where living legends walked among us.

I have a crazy family history of how my great grandfather left his home village in Karelia in strict communism of the 30s and then his son left where his parents settled down and so on. My father finally left after the Soviet Union was no more and went to Germany and I am excited to say that in a week we go on the way to see our roots.

Heavenly sounds from close up to the North Star ..

😊 Hyvä Karjalaižet. Oma Karjala.

Yes and tuomi is a tree which blooms in early summer with lots of white flowers.

Why I cry listening to this music, so different from my culture? Greetings from Belgium!

Всех приветствую, судари! Я одновременно рада и удивлена, что так много людей самых разных национальностей собралось под этим замечательным видео. Мне как жительнице Карелии (хотя карельских кровей не так много, ведь ее перебивают армянские, украинские и белорусские кровь) очень приятно это видеть 🍷🗿🤌)))

what a beautiful song...this is art

Arto, Sasha, and Dima. I was privileged to be with them in concert in NY

Part of my dad's family is from Karelia. =)

Beautifull

Utterly enchanting, thank you so much for this cultural treasure!

Wow, This has a very healing frequency/vibration to it. Thank you.

I love this song, i like so much North land's music ...greetings from Italy

Wonderful. Warm greetings from Romania !

Karjala, Petroskoi, Vienan rannat ja maat sekä Aunus ja Sortavala. Oi ne suvun juuret ja muistot. Hienoa musiikkia! :)

Territory of Karelia began to settle in post-glacial time - 7-6 thousand. BCE. e. The main occupations of the ancient inhabitants were hunting and fishing. In the 1st millennium BC. mastered the production of iron, there were the beginnings of agriculture and animal husbandry. The ethnic composition of the population is known from the end of one millennium AD. By this time in the Territory tribes lived Finno-Ugric group: on the Karelian Isthmus and in the North Ladoga Area - Karelia, between Ladoga and Lake Onega - Vepsians, and further to the north - Sami (lop). At the beginning of the 2nd millennium AD. of Karelians moved to the shores of the Gulf of Bothnia and the White Sea. At the same time in the northern and eastern Obonezhie and on the coast of the White Sea penetrated the Slavic population, to promote the development of agriculture, salt production and marine fisheries. With the rise in the 9th century. Old Russian state - Kievan Rus territory of Karelia came into its sphere of influence. After the disintegration of Kievan Rus in the 12th century. Karelia became a part of the Novgorod feudal republic, with up to 70-ies. 13. maintain their autonomy. Tribal, and then (with 12-13.) Was the administrative center of Karelia, the Korella (now Priosersk Leningrad region.). In 1227 the Prince of Novgorod Yaroslav Vsevolodovitch Karels baptized into the Orthodox faith. Orthodoxy also took Vepsians. Along with Novgorod inhabitants of Karelia participated actively in the fight against the crusading aggression of German and Swedish feudal lords on the shores of the Baltic Sea. At the end of the 13th century. Swedes seized part of the West-Karelian lands, where they founded the fortress of Vyborg (1293). However, their further advance was stopped by a determined resistance and Russian Karelians. By Orekhovets contract in 1323 the bulk of Karelia, together with Mr. Korel, which in 1310 built a fortress of Novgorod, Novgorod preserved for a republic. In Novgorod period (12-15 cc.) In the region there was a transition from tribal to feudal relations, and largely completed the process of formation of the Karelian peoples, which included and part Vepsians who lived on Olonetsky isthmus. In 1478 Karelia together with other lands of Novgorod was annexed by the Russian state. Existing land holdings here Novgorod boyars were confiscated in favor of the Treasury, with the result that almost all farmers have become chernososhnogo edge (18 in. - State). A small portion of the peasants was land depending on the monasteries. In the late 16th - early 17th centuries. newly enhanced expansion of Sweden to the east. In the 1610-1611 period. Russian Karelians and heroically defended the city from Korela Swedish troops, who managed to capture the city only after a 6-month-long siege. By Stolbovsky treaty of 1617, Russia was forced to leave Sweden for the Karelian Isthmus, which led to mass emigration to the territory of Russian Karelian State. Immigrants settled in the border and in the central regions of Russia. The largest number (25-30 thousand.) Settled in the territory of the Tver region, resulting in an ethnic group formed Tver Karelians. With the loss of the Karelian Isthmus administrative and commercial center of Karelia was built in 1649, the city-fortress Olonec. In the 17th century. in the province of significant development of the peasant's iron crafts, products are exported to the Tikhvin fair. Increased value zhung Fair Zaonezhie through which the connection between the Karelian Pomerania and South Karelia. When Peter 1 in Karelia was built Olonetsky group of mountain plants (Petrovsky, Povenets, Alexis, Konchezero), who played in the Great Northern War of 1700-1721. an important role in the Russian army and navy guns, guns and other equipment. Petrovsky Plant (1703) gave birth to the eponymous settlement, which grew further in Petrozavodsk. By Nystadt peace treaty in 1721 Karelian Isthmus back to Russia. Administratively, the large part of Karelia in the 18th century. included in Petersburg, then in the Novgorod province, in 1784 - the newly formed Olonets province with its center in the city of Petrozavodsk. Rest of the territory was part of Viborg and Arkhangelsk

I don´t understand a word. But it sounds wonderfull. I only speak Englisch and German, but listening the music is so beautiful

Очень красивая музыка!

The lyrics of this song is collected from Venjoki, an area around Tsarskoje Selo, Ingria year 1847 by Taneli (David Emmanuel David) Europaeus. The population in Venjoki was of Finnish origin at that time. The ethnical cleansing happened after the WW2.

Stunning. Cariad o Cymru (Wales)

Великолепная музыка молодцы !!!

AMAZING. simply AMAZING.

so beautiful...

Karelia should be united and independent.

It is a hoot to read the comments. For this Kansas boy the striking similarity of old world folk with what I hear at Pow Wows of the First Nations is startling. Go back far enough in time and all of our sires knew one another.

thats sooo great ! amazing

Very beautiful. Love the variations and ornamentations of the flute.

So wanerful and beatiful music!!!!

Grand merci. Que c'est beau!

More of this!

Take it what it is, folk music of Both Finland and Russia. I'm Finn, and this is one of my favourite folk songs.

Spotify, pls 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

Jesus, first my thought was - THANKS! Millions of hugs to Suomi!!!

Thanks for the music - perfect for a queit Sunday breakfast.

спасибо! KIITOS!

I don't understand words but it sounds so beautiful! Thank you)

Beautiful music, I’m very interested by this, I’m oirad mongol

Very beautiful song.!:O)))

Wunderschönes Lied! Muito obrigado!

Kiitos!

Much love from Russia my finnish brothers and sisters. One day we’ll see each other in Valhalla. Ra Rod Rado Slavo ☀️

Karelian is a dialect of Finnish, yes. Finnish is a Fenno-Ugric language, not germanic or latin in the roots. I still don't acknowledge Karelia as part of Russia, because it was annexed with force only ~70 years ago. I too as many Finns, have family roots in Karelia.

Myllärit)) красивая музыка)

merci !

kiitos! onnea teille!

Kiitos)

Thanks for sharing this - feeling very ethnic today as the weather grows colder!

Kaunis!!!

Kukka means a flower?

A voice from the north 🌟🌜

Thank you

you should update your facts. Finno-ugric languages are believed to have spread from the bend of Volga, not beyond the Urals like some people might have once believed.

very nice!

Very good ! 5 * * * * *

Some family relation there is within the Finno-Ugric people, the thought is they came north by The Ural Mnts. Though now the genetic difference is great between Balto-Finnic and Asian Ugric people. And a 3rd dimension are the Hungarians. But Finno-Ugric people have lived for ages in the north of Asia & Europe, on both side of the Urals. Not only in what we call Europe. Guess they didn't think living on different continents :) So, Finns are original Europeans, but it doesn't stop to that.

My Dad always said he was a Karelian , he was 12 when the Russians started to drop out of airplanes . Our old farm is on Russia side .

^_^ beautiful.....

@simon4tw The whole Baltic-Finnic culture was born by a mixture of Germanic people with the Finnic people by the waterways of the Baltic coast, possibly in the Neva and even Ladoga region. The lanuage which we Finns nowadays speak shows great soumd changes in about 2000 BCA/BC or a bit earlier. So sailing the Baltic sea + the rivers close to it brought these quick contacts with an alien culture which were indeed usually rare. But Finns by the Baltic sea got Baltic & Germanic influence a lot

@sirwootalot Thank you for you good information! " Finns descended from arctic tribes similar to the Mari and Laplanders." I think the Sami people also are a very close relative to the Finns.

Tää on paras! T: John "en tiedä mitään" Harri

Part of them says that theory. The Finno-Volgan branch, and even from them part remained in Volga area, part live from Volga towards the Urals. Finno-Ugric involves Hungarian, Hanti and Mansi east of Urals. Where Hungarians moved from later. All that area north of Volga, from the Baltic sea to the Urals and even beyond, until the river Ob was earlier Finno -Ugric. Except in places the Polar sea shores. Sami people had earlier some other languages, most likely.

@sirwootalot If you enclude Scottish, Norman and Rus cultures - then Finns would be there as well. Genetically it's about 3/4 that we finns have germanic inheritance nowadays. Culturally agriculture was introduced by germanic people. The week was introduced by the germanic farmers, our weekdays are germanic (6 1/2 / 7, they need that kind of calendar. Even our language has a lot of germanic influence, vocabulary especially, though the words have changed heavily when assimilating (ranta

@SolntsaSvet Arto is the one to the left on this picture

It is East Karelian (made in Petrozavodsk:) folk group Myllärit, not existing any longer, but few of them are part of Sattuma - group, pretty cool as well. Another good one is Santtu Karhu & Talvisovat.

I love this song!! :] I would love to know the lyrics as well :]

well said

@timomastosalo In ancient times people didn't have that kind of ethnic awareness that grew in the 19th century. Folks just noticed that the neighbours spoke differently, or more or less similarily than themselves. Of course they felt some degree of 'sameness' when they could understood each other, at least roughly. But when marrying their offspring people where just happy to get a spouse to them, if it was difficult. So contacts with neighbours was only natural, + necessary at times

I imagine this is how the music in, The Hobbit sounded when they were all sitting around smoking pipes.

Both instruments, vibe and language is very similar to these of the Quechua music from South America andean tribes...

kaunis laula.

Finland For ever.

yes

Na Podlasiu są jeszcze Tacy ludzie! odnajdzie ich ... naprawdę warto... Polecam

So sad... like life!

And from the Finno- Ugric family Hanti and Mansi live behind the Urals. If they also came from Volga, ok. But it comes back to this: Uralic nation are the 1st known to live there in the near north, which route they used? How we know? Quite resent map suggested the Ural route. You said Volga. Why not both? Volga was the area of Finno-Volgic, subgroup of the F-Ugric languages. So for the Finns it's not a big difference which group we use. I include the largest, comparable to the Indo-Europeans.

SAOR ALBA An Fhirinne in aghaidh an tSaoi! :D :D :D

💕

молодца

Actually the ones in Volga, Volgan group which now is Mari = Cheremiss and Mordva (which might already be called 2 languages) are the biggest Finno-Ugric languages after Hungarian, Finnish & Estonian. Check Ville Haapasalo videos, when he visits these nations in Russia. Yeah, Finnish and Karelian are rare, and many non-natives find them beautiful. For me beautiful or ugly in a language is more the meaning - what is coming from a persons heart. I DO have beauty preferences, not very important

I only know that our language came from volga. I dont know about the ugric languages. But its highly accepted and well argued theory that finno-ugric languages did spread from Volga towards Finland

Yea :) Oh interesting! Can you speak Karelian (or do you speak it as a daily basis)? Unfortunately I can't speak Karelian that well, but grandmum does, especially when she's among people who speak the dialect :)

the bearded guy in the middle looks scary and cool at the same time. nice tune btw...

Hyvin kaunis =)

Is it known from which album this song is originally from? If someone could let me know, that would be great! I would like to cite for a report on Finnish musical history.

folk music really shows we are all the same people no matter where we are from! Brilliant! Scotland no1!!!! :) lol

did you have some doubts about it before?

The one on the right is Arto Rinne?

I suppose the border just became more intense but let the music keep flowing.

@shailesh2k1in Culturally, it's a huge difference; Russians come out of the slavic (and ultimately byzantine/greek) socioreligious continuum, with heavy influence from various pagan faiths native to modern-day Poland, Ukraine, and the Baltic states. Finns on the other hand are much more deeply rooted in the area, as is their language, which has no ties whatsoever to any other European languages other than Estonian and (very distantly) Hungarian; and culturally, they are mainly Scandinavian.

oma mua vedäy...

nothing else I did not expect from you = (

Tui tui tuomen kukka means "Hey ho, hey ho, hagberry flower." It is a lament song.

místic energy