In the event, experimental folk music and machine music are combined with cake pops.
The first Musta Norppa mini-festival will take place in Savonlinna this weekend. In the event, experimental folk music and machine music are combined with cake pops.
The event locations are Olavinlinna, the old locomotive stables and Savonlinna’s Little Church.
– Song, play, dance, stories and remembering the dead have been central to the celebration of kekri, which was once important in Finnish culture. These elements are also present in the festival’s program, says Hakkarainen in the press release.
A silent trance on Friday
A sound installation lives in the background. During the evening, there are concert moments where Kosonen tells the story of the Kerimäki witch hunts and other events related to death, and plays traditional tunes on kantele and flute.
There are plenty of other events as well. The audience can participate in the piece by singing and dancing, among other things.
– We have woven the whole evening’s experience from various performative and installation elements, Pesonen says.
Kekri gives the opportunity for new traditions
According to folk musician Sirkka Kosonen, kekri gives an opportunity to create one’s own traditions.
– Kekri is a forgotten but important annual celebration. It’s tickling because we don’t know exactly how the cake was spent. We know Midsummer, New Years or Christmas. As Kekri, we can create our own traditions.
Markus Pesonen thinks that the darkest time of autumn leads us to our own inner world.
– It gives an opportunity to look inside and see what is there. There is an opportunity to stop and ask who I am.