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**iNYZgxNC** · 06-16-2010, 11:49 PM

The Finnish national identity is centered around the Kalevala, which is based on epic songs of Russian Karelians. Finns proper have no epic songs of their own.

Kalevala is western Finnish and western Estonian in origin but the last runic singers who had retained the oral tradition were found in Karelia.
In Karelia not Russian-Karelia.

06-16-2010, 11:49 PM	#18
iNYZgxNC Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 466 Senior Member	The Finnish national identity is centered around the Kalevala, which is based on epic songs of Russian Karelians. Finns proper have no epic songs of their own. Kalevala is western Finnish and western Estonian in origin but the last runic singers who had retained the oral tradition were found in Karelia. In Karelia not Russian-Karelia.
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