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The film is dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the first edition of the Karelian-Finnish national epos "Kalevala". In the picture used folklore motifs: the runes of the Kalevala, folk songs and ceremonies, for example wedding.
Drawing - Karelian guslar.
The 1835 edition of the Kalevala epic.
Panorama of Karelia from the plane.
The city of Kostomuksha.
Construction of a mining and processing plant.
Joint construction of the USSR and Finland.
Excavators load ore into dump trucks.
Types of Karelian islands.
Portrait of the Finnish scientist, collector of folklore Elias Lennroth.
Onega Lake.
Nature of Karelia.
An elderly woman tells folk tales in Karelian.
Nature of Karelia.
Different editions of Kalevala.
Modern editions of Kalevala.
Doctor of Philology Eino Karhut tells.
A boat with fishermen is sailing on the lake.
Landscapes of Karelia.
Photo of Karelian peasants.
Karelian storytellers: Maria Remshu, Tatiana Pertunen, Maria Mikheeva.
Karelian house.
Suspension bridge.
The teacher Matvey Pirkhonen tells.
The pine tree under which the storytellers sang songs to Elias Lennroth.
An old lady sits at a spinning wheel and talks about the old days.
The old lady sang a Karelian song.
An elderly woman sifts lingonberries.
Haystacks, children playing in the yard.
Folklore festival.
Wedding ceremony in Karelian.
Key words
Kalevala.
folk epic.
Folk festival.
Personnel:
Elias Lyonnrot, sobiratelj foljklora Tatjyana Pertunen, skaziteljnica. Ejno Karhut, doktor filologicheskih nauk. Mariya Remshu, narodnaya skaziteljnica. Tatjyana Pertunen, narodnaya skaziteljnica. Mariya Miheeva, narodnaya skaziteljnica. Matvej Pirhonen, uchitelj.
Locations: Republic of Karelia [746]
Rocks on the shore.
Illustrations for Kalevala.
Tells Eino Karhut.
A boat with fishermen is floating on the lake.
An elderly woman weaves a fishing net and sings a Karelian song.
The master builds a boat.
Work in the blacksmith shop.
Explosions at the quarry.
Coal is loaded onto a dump truck.
Pellet production line.
Open-hearth furnaces.
A schoolboy recites a Kalevala by heart.
Stormy rivers of Karelia.
Drawing of a Karelian girl.
Drawings on the theme of Kalevala.
The artist paints on glass.
Folk ensemble.
Ballet on the theme of Kalevala.
Folk ensemble dancing on the shore of the lake.
Boats are sailing on the lake.
View of Karelia from the plane.
Key words
Kalevala.
Folklore.
Personnel:
Ejno Karhut, doktor filologicheskih nauk.
Calendar: 1984
Locations: Republic of Karelia [746]