The 45th Annual Kalevala Day Festival - The Healing Power of Singing

The Kalevala Day Tradition goes back to 1835, when the national epic of Finland, the Kalevala, was published for the first time by Elias Lönnrot. The Kalevala epic played an important part in developing Finland's national identity and Finnish language, art and music. The Finnish Choral Society of Seattle has maintained and Annual Kalevala Day since 1976 in Seattle, hosted at the National Nordic Museum since 1982.

With Inspiration from the magic of Kalevala and Kanteletar the program of the 45th Kalevala features guest speakers from Finland and special music presentations, shown on YouTube Live on the Museum's website.

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