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

Researchers from the Finnish Literature Society's Folklore Archive doing their "collecting work" in Viena. Here they gather raspberries growing on the site of Vaassila Kieleväinen's house in Vuonninen. In the foreground is Pekka Laaksonen, Archive Director and Chairman of the Kalevala Society. Laaksonen has been the most important figure working behind the scenes on behalf of the revitalisation of the Viena Folklore Villages.