FOLK DANCES , known from the Middle Ages, from the Kalevala era, were often song games with a dramatic element, circle dances, or line dances.
Folk dances often came from Europe to Finland, usually through Sweden. Dance music has been chronicled from the thirteenth century in Sweden, especially that associated with weddings. Dance songs and dance games were usually performed in a long chain of dancers holding hands or joined in rings. Dramatic action was often involved; often a young man...