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The Sacred Groves and the Grandmothers
A photo exhibition in the gallery of Rantakasarmi, Sveaborg, Helsinki 3.5-28.5
Ulla Lehtinen from the Finnish Union of Kindred Peoples Associations visited last summer together with a writer Olli Tammilehto the sacred groves of Mari El, Udmurtia, Estonia and Finland. They photographed the groves and the nature ceremonies hold in them as well as the local village people. In Finland many of the names still carry the word "hiisi", the old Finnish word for sacred grove. The exhibition is thus also a journey to the old cultural roots of the Finns. The exhibition pays special homage to the grandmothers who have kept the tradition alive and transmitted it to the younger generations.
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