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

During 1997, Juminkeko took students and teachers from nearly all of Finland's high schools and universities of art to Viena, the birthplace of Finnish culture. Sculptors from the Academy of Fine Arts and ceramists from the University of Art and Design (Helsinki) made several short-term trips to the endangered village of Paanajärvi. In their final exhibition, the participants responded to the village's fate. This is one artist's view of the endangered village.