Pictures about the revitalisation process

Building the Vuokkiniemi school Preserving the oral tradition Building the Vuokkiniemi church Electrification of Venehjärvi Protection of the Vienansalo forests Revitalisation of the folklore festivals

Memorial to rune singers Research trips New generation of artists in Viena Rescue of the Paanajärvi village Recording of the folklore

Memorials to rune singers can also be modern, and even as accessible as traditional ones. Sculptor Martti Aiha - himself a member of the Kieleväinen rune-singing family - with stonecutters Esko Julin and Ilja Kieleväinen, working on "Vaasila's Rock" in Vuonninen. Raising the memorial was funded by the Kalevala Society and the Society of the North (White Sea) Karelian Emigres in Finland.