Finnish dance "Letka - jenka" \ Ensemble "Kantele"

[legioru]

Это на самом деле только подлиннее..

[Svansakuten]

A bit too Russian! No one in Finland dances like this! Sorry...

[G00dfeIIa]

*hhmmhmhmhmh*..Not now Martin. Thumbs up if you get the reference.

[RolyPolyDoll]

Спасибо за настоящую Летку-Еньку, так любимую с детства! Жаль, что кусочек маленький, интересно, где вы его взяли?

[TheSirgay]

Как вы надоели со своими рассуждениями - политика-националистика. Да оставьте прошлое тем, кто в нем жил - мертвым. Уроки прошлого - не для живущих. Доказано опытом. Впечатлены танцем - останьтесь в границах какого бы то ни было искусства. Задрали, уроды. Простите.

[madapina]

its letka jenkka!

[blasphemymaster]

How the EFF did Daisuke Amaya ever see this?

[Klonkkunen]

Тебе повезло, что твой дед выжил. Там было соотношение потерь 10 русских на одного финна. Финны отстояли свою независимость. Не то что всякие прибалты, которые фигу в кармане держали.

[XamarXamar]

@Klonkkunen ничего не удержали. отсиживались в окопах, ни разу не атаковали, а войну начали по сути они, отказавшись подписывать мирный договор.

почитай ка Сталина про это

ht tp://nnm.ru/blogs/girlfriendHu­do/intervyu_s_vozhdem_sovetsko­-finlyandskaya_voyna/

[Andron861]

@Klonkkunen нет таки все же то что от них требовал Сталин а именно отодвинуть границу они выполнили эти требования.

[kraussu]

This has nothing to do with Finnish folk dancing. This is an interpretation of the subject by Russian dancers, possibly professionals with ballet background. Finnish folk dancing doesn't look like it is an army marching. I like the funny choreo, though. It's good to have some new choreographies, but please, don't think it is somehow original, traditional, or even Finnish. This is new and Russian.

[CrushingReality]

@kraussu Welll, Im finnish and I have had to dance some of those in gym........

[kraussu]

@CrushingReality

As I said, the choreo is copied from the Americans (do a little searching) and even if the Finns did make this version world famous in 1963-1965, this particular clip is, I repeat, too ballet, too Russian, to be original Finnish dancing. It is like me, as a clumsy person trying to do exquisite Japanese movements and calling my stomping subtle.

[kraussu]

@CrushingReality

(cont'd)

Not very original Japanese, even if I did copy the music and the moves. This, again, is not very Finnish, and based on knowledge gained in a physical education class in school, I'm afraid, you should probably not make the judgement you are doing. I have somewhat more

[kraussu]

@CrushingReality

(cont'd)

knowledge of this subject than does your phys.ed. teacher, if (s)he is average - not that that is bad. And I didn't say your teacher was wrong, I said the style in this video is far from authentic, and in that I'm right.

[fulguirinas]

Looks like more fun than the Macarena. Good way to mingle and mix. Instead there is the huddle of boys in a group and a huddle of girls on the otherside at a junior high school dance, with no-one wanting to make the first move.

[timomastosalo]

Usually the idea is that this speeds up as well, this video didn't quite reveal it.

I'm a Finn, and I don't know what 'jenkka (yenk-kah)' means, but it's much like polka etc.

'Letkajenkka' means a jenkka you dance in a queue (long line).

[SonvsMar]

2 words... Cave Story.

[rubino83]

@SonvsMar Well it does play in the house of a woman named Jenka.

[worlddreamery]

Ich liebe diese Musik

I´m loving this music

J´aime cette musique

A mi le gusta esta musica

Ya liubliu

[xoxNicKyLiiciOuSxox]

Oh, the Finnish dances are so cute~! ♥

[vanhasmatti]

BTW, It's "Jenkka", not Jenka.

[eislecker1]

ich liebe denn song

[OlegDjan77]

I love this, it now looks like a proper dance! :-)

[lilithbehemoth22]

Awesome! I'm repeating this video and dancing with them! Letkajenkka ROCKS \m/

[marimo91]

aaw..we had to dance this in school.. it was kind of hard :P we had to do it again and again and again..around, around around in school gym

[xdemmons]

I love this Russian dance group from Karelia! They really make it look like a great dance...would love to see their videos if they have any...

[sneighwena]

@xdemmons what does jenka mean?

[xdemmons]

Jenka is a style of dance performed in Finland, much like a polka or shcottiche. I was in a Scandinavian dance group years ago that was mostly Swedish, but we did dances of all the Nordic countries. Our instructor, Hilkka from Helsinki was great and made all the Finnish dances really fun!

[genavanovih]

странно мой дед воевал в зимнюю войну 39 г и терпеть не мог финнов а по мне так очень милый народец пляшут прикольно

[orvokki7]

...и по мне тоже :). Простые люди и там и здесь, хотят жить мирно, но к сожалению, у политики свои интересы, которая для своих целей, может рассорить кого угодно :(. Спасибо за комментарий.

[TheQuantummm]

Вашему деду промыли мозг. Моя бабушка тоже искренне плакала, когда Сталин умер

[moimaailma]

oooh damn LETKAJENKKA! we dance it here in finland in every single schoolball we have... so embarrasing and the most fun thing that you can do in school ^^ almost everybody attends to it, really :D

[EMesaros]

@moimaailma Aw, now you're breaking my heart! It is so cute, so amusing, how can you not love it?! You have to make allowances for me--I do all sorts of dance; I will dance to anything that isn't nailed down...In America there is a formerly popular social dance called "The Bunny Hop." It looks very like this--I would bet anything that it is decsended from this dance.

[xdemmons]

@EMesaros I think that it is the other way around...."the bunny hop" came along in California about 10 years before this...back in the fifties

[EMesaros]

@xdemmons Thank you! Isn't that interesting? I would never have guessed!

[bromkschemselen]

JENKA RZĄDZI

[ideanus]

wonderful!! the dancers were amazingly good. are you making any gigs in your neighbour country, finland? i'd really like to see your performance someday!

[VettaEnkeli]

That`s great! I can imagine how weariful it is when you dance it for 10 minutes or longer ;) Fantastic :)

[parssi]

it's letkkajenkka

[pallomakkara]

tän videon nimi on käännetty suoraan kyrillisistä: venäjn kielessä ei ole kaksoiskonsonantteja, joten noin he kirjoittavat sen. :]

...and actually it's letkajenkka, with only one 'k'. o.O'