Thursday, April 18, 2013

The Kantele and The Kalevala

During our visit to the Musical Instrument Museum last weekend, I saw this beautiful Finnish kantele.  The kantele is a plucked zither.  I have a special liking for the kantele.  My cartooning project for 2012 was the first fifth of a cartoon adaptation of the Kalevala, the epic poem of Finland.  The hero of the Kalevala is the shaman Vainamoinen, who plays the kantele. 

This page shows Vainamoinen wowing the crowd with his kantele.

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