Juminkeko Foundation

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The Juminkeko Foundation (or simply Juminkeko ) runs the information center on Kalevala and Karelian culture in Kuhmo ( Finland ).

The building was designed by Finnish architects Mikko Heikkinen and Markku Komonen .

activities

The foundation's task is to preserve the cultural tradition of Kalevala and to promote exchanges between Finland and the Republic of Karelia . The foundation organizes exhibitions and other events in Kuhmo as well as in different parts of Finland and the Republic of Karelia.

In addition, the foundation's activities include publishing, collecting and archiving the vernacular materials, as well as reviving the so-called poetic villages of Viena , famous for the rune songs . Juminkeko also acts as a national children's cultural center in the field of folk culture .

The Juminkeko Foundation organizes research trips to the Republic of Karelia, accompanied by folklorists. Juminkeko's partners are: For example, the Folk Song Archives of the Society of Finnish Literature ( SKS ), the Kalevala Society ( Kalevalaseura ) and the Institute of Language, Literature and History of the Karelian Science Center of the Russian Science Academy . The foundation receives funding from the Ministry of Culture for its basic activities . Further funding comes from various other projects ( EU projects, cooperation projects with neighboring regions, projects financed by the Finnish Cultural Fund , etc.).

Revitalization of the poetic villages of Viena

Since 1990, the Juminkeko Foundation, together with the Karelian Arhippa Perttunen Foundation, has carried out a project to revive the so-called poetic villages of Viena. The 30 year long project aims to save the culture of Viena. The revitalization project was declared by Unesco in 1993 as part of the World Decade for Cultural Development . From 1996 to 2001, the World Monument Watch approved the listing of the Karelian village of Panozero on the list of the 100 Most Endangered Cultural Assets in the World. In 2005 it was awarded the highest European prize for the protection of cultural heritage, the Europa Nostra Medal.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ wild taiga. Retrieved June 15, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Juminkeko - the nest of Kalevala. Retrieved June 15, 2020 .
  3. ↑ VisitFinland. Retrieved June 15, 2020 .
  4. ^ Poetic Villages of Viena. Retrieved October 6, 2020 .
  5. ^ MTV Uutiset. Retrieved June 15, 2020 (Finnish).
  6. ↑ Juminkeko - the nest of Kalevala. Retrieved June 15, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Yle. Retrieved June 15, 2020 (Finnish).
  8. ↑ Panozero and World Monuments Watch. Retrieved June 15, 2020 .
  9. ^ The projects of the foundation. Retrieved June 15, 2020 .
  10. ↑ Europa Nostra and Panozero. Retrieved June 15, 2020 .