Norwegian folk music - Ånon Egeland - Treskarens Vals

[justwannatravel]

love this music!!!

[UlvG]

Jag hade inte fattat hur grymt Norge var förrän jag såg denna film! 

[Nationalromant]

Skandinavien <3

[Dylanlikessouthpark]

What a beautiful song! Takes me back to my Norwegian roots!

[MagicalSunrise1984]

this photo and that music

wow!

[Theomeneau]

Who is this a recording of? This is amazing!

[bmihalj]

very nice photo and music

[ovenofcreation]

it is the other way around

sound went from east to west

south to north

[Vondelene]

I hear some celtic influences in this song..!??

[Voodoozeko]

@Vondelene The so called "celtic" music is pretty much the same like all other old traditional european folk music's. Only difference is that in most countries folk music was replaced by polka and other styles. Thats why today you hear german peasants playing polka instead of old folk music.

[ulvebonden]

@Voodoozeko yes, this is a valts, from western norway i think.

the country opened abit more up in the 19th century

[Voodoozeko]

@ulvebonden By country you mean entire Norway right?

[ulvebonden]

@Voodoozeko the major cities where much more open than other places in the country.

in the more isolated parts of norway, people still believed that the world was flast untill the end of the 18th century/beginning of 19th.

in major because of low population

[Voodoozeko]

@ulvebonden wow thats interesting especialy becouse since 13th century majority of scholars already agreed that earth is round. I guess they never told that to common people : )

However i have heard that west norway is realy archaic and kept many traditions. I have also read somewere that west norwegians have their own version of standard norwegian.

[thrainful]

Norge er fantastisk!!!!!