My Kantele (Eriskummainen kantele) - Loituma

Eriskummainen kantele/My Kantele by Loituma from their 1998 album Things of Beauty.
"The text is from the Kanteletar (1840), a collection of folk poetry made by Elias Lönnrot, compiler of the Finnish national epic, the Kalevala."
"A kantele is a traditional plucked string instrument of the zither family native to Finland. The oldest forms of kantele have 5 or 6 horsehair strings, and the modern concert kantele can have up to 40 strings. In Finland's national epic, Kalevala, the mage Väinämöinen makes the first kantele from the jawbone of a giant pike and a few hairs from Hiisi's stallion. The music it makes draws all the forest creatures near to wonder at its beauty."
Translation by Susan Sinisalo
Background image 'The Broken String' by Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946).

[@wolflahti412]

We Finns are such a cheery bunch.

[@Progcrow]

🤣

[@aaronmoore6768]

If you are interested in Finnish songs, I strongly recommend you to listen to this one as well. :)
ua-cam.com/video/vRp9EVrV77I/v-deo.html

[@michaelkingsbury4305]

Ha

[@christofferniemonen8872]

No good without the bad- i think we finns rather try to stay true and humble - back in the times we had to endure the winter most of the year, and it makes us appreciate the summer more

[@InfiniteWisdumb00]

Ievan Polkka brought me to Loituma, who brought me to this beautiful music.
I will continue listening.

[@luciathesylveon8082]

me too

[@aaronmoore6768]

If you are interested in Finnish songs, I strongly recommend you to listen to this one as well. :)
ua-cam.com/video/vRp9EVrV77I/v-deo.html

[@whiteangel160]

Очень душевно! Живи и цвети, Финляндия!

[@joseranth00]

I feel like I am having a renaissance over here discovering more of my Finnish roots in this amazing music!

[@aaronmoore6768]

If you are interested in Finnish songs, I strongly recommend you to listen to this one as well. :)
ua-cam.com/video/vRp9EVrV77I/v-deo.html

[@jrsgarage7623]

I agree

[@dmvoidstar1720]

Amorphis brought me here!

[@raduo7886]

Such beautiful music, and such beautiful language...

[@halanpdossantos]

Thanks for the video, I love Loituma, it's really nice to see their songs translated, keep up the videos (btw, I discovered Hedningarna through your channel). Thanks a lot, greetings from Brazil :)

[@KenRubenstein]

Thank you for this very beautiful music.

[@Tyrkjaranid]

Kaunis kappale erinomainen ryhmä, kiitos Loituma

[@S0unDOfCha0S]

Now I know where Amorphis got their song from. Awesome! :)

[@CharlesOffdensen]

Goosebumps!

[@olemmeperhe2438]

this song made me so so happy and feeling in love of my life again. thanks

[@Bishal101]

I feel the same way ! Thank you for making me smile !

[@ralphyboy25]

Thank you for posting the translation.

[@idunastarhawke7752]

Love this song!!!

[@rednketech]

Absolutely beautiful

[@Javier-jk8zn]

me gusta mucho

[@ShearsOfAtropos]

such beautiful lyrics

[@herptek]

It good to hear such optimism as this put into words.

[@Ruhilas]

Kuulin äsken radiosta Nylon Beatiä. Voi kiasus, 90-luku oli vaikeaa aikaa löytää uutta, hyvää suomalaista musiikkia! Onneksi oli Loituma!

[@kishorkokje1548]

Sweet Voice and Singing.

[@simonidastankovic2627]

ПРЕКРАСНО !

[@mtuulikki]

It makes me to think that I'm in heaven now.
Thanks Loituma...

[@BrenRivero]

Ohhhhhhh so so so beautiful ♥

[@ib7622]

this is beautiful! Thanks for sharing!

[@roberticodc]

Hermoso!

[@oykuozer5624]

Eriskummainen = my??? WHET??!?!?!
finnish is so creative damn :D

[@Dhalit76]

+Öykü Özer To my knowledge, it means "My little, incredible/unbelievable (In a magical sense) Kantele"

[@Itapirkanmaa2]

It's an alternative form of "eriskummallinen". "Kumma"="strange", "weird". "Kummallinen" is an entity with the characteristics of anything before "-llinen", "eris-" means "special/isolate". All together we get something like "extraordinary", i.e. "the extraordinary Kantele".

[@Alaztor878]

This totally sounds like Through Heaven's Eyes - Prince of Egypt!.
My mind is blown to munchies.

[@michalispappas7883]

Amorphis brought me here

[@user-gy3rn1st6l]

😘😘😘

[@1ghenny]

Wonderful song! but sad :( I like it though :)

[@timomastosalo]

But it turns glad in the end, the scatting is like she's dancing

[@Yannick20antifa]

are you sure about the title of the painting? It's beautiful, but I can't find it on the internet :p

[@frankharr9466]

That's kind of sad.

[@timomastosalo]

The words are, the 1swt part is sad
- but the end turns glad, the scatting gives us Finns the air she's dancing, skipping

[@jerrychow4842]

I want to know how we can find the text:)

[@simonidastankovic2627]

What is the name of the leading singer ?

[@basssssson5359]

Anita Lehtola

[@JeshikaKazeno]

In a very roundabout way, the lyrics remind me of "(Not Gonna Write You A) Love Song".

[@paloszoltan7784]

Listen to this instrumental version of a (very popular and ancient) hungarian folk song: ua-cam.com/video/HIjdugdj58I/v-deo.html Does it not sound like Eriskummainen kantele?