'Säkkijärven Polkka' - Finnish Folk Song

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Of course Finland had to join NATO while I was on Easter Holiday and couldn't make any videos, but oh well. Anyways, hope you all had a happy Easter and welcome Finland!

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I can't imagine how many times that guy must have sang that song before he could do it without messing up, it goes so fast!

Jacobulous

The Finnish language scrambles minds and this Finnish song scrambles mines.

KnightOfLiberty

During soviet retreats in the Continuation War, the Soviets left radio mines on bridges and roads to sabotage finnish advances. These mines would be triggered by recon units observing the finnish units by playing three destinct tones over radio, telling the bombs to detonate. The Finns, however, quickly learned that blasting this song on every radio frequency 24/7 would stop these bombs from working, which is why Säkkijärven Polkka was the only thing you could hear on all channels for months on end, and why soviet veterans of this war have major PTSD from it lol

GreenKnight-negn

"Vladimir, Why is the snow speaking Finnish?"

YourlocalSalvadoran

"They are so many and we are so few, how are we gonna bury them all?"

kohrona

For a non-Finn, the pronunciation is unusually excellent. There are a few words that reveal that the singer is not a Finnish speaker, but about 95% of the song a native couldn't tell the difference. Astonishing.

DjVortex-w

Fun fact: During the Continuation War, this song was broadcasted to jam and detonate Soviet radio-controlled mines. It could do so because of the frequency at which it was being played.

LancerIHR

You know it's Finnish when the words have four dots above them in a row

wowzaabean

you will feel it all very well when you breathe in the wild Finnish air

bulgarianknight

0:53 I love that they just causally out of nowhere roast a horse.

PeytonVanslyke-wfih

1812: "The Snow Speaks Russian"

1939: "The Snow Speaks Finnish"

Isleofwright

During the Continuation war, the Finnish military discovered that the retreating Soviets had scattered radio-guided mines throughout the recaptured city of Vaipuri. These mines were activated when a three-note chord was played on the frequency to which the radio was tuned. The Finns discovered that when they played the Säkkijärven polkka tune on the same radio frequency on which the mines were set, they exploded and thus the tune was used as a kind of "mine bank". The most famous and historically used tune is a recording made on June 17, 1939 with members of the Dalfa Orchestra. The recording took place in the ballroom of the German School in Helsinki. The recording became not only the savior of Vipuri, but also the most famous performance of the Säkkijärven polka of all time.

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