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How To Steal A Woman...

The following Wife Carrying Competition is Finlands idea and has deep roots in the local history. In the late 1800’s it was common practice to steal women from the neighbouring villages.

WIFE CARRYING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS AT SONKAJÄRVI Finland 3rd - 4th July 2009

Preliminary program

Friday 3 July At 17.00-01.00 adults 12 €,

12-20 Traders in the market place, free entrance
19.00 The Wife Carrying Sprint Competitionl
18-21 Semifinals in Wife Carrying Karaoke contest
21-01 Market dance in the hall, music by Kake Randelin & Presto

Saturday 4 July, tickets 20 €, children under 15 years old 5 €

9-18 Traders in the market place, free entrance
13.30 Opening ceremony and market speech
14.00 TEAM COMPETITION IN THE WIFE CARRYING
16.00 THE 14 th WIFE CARRYING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
18.00 Wife Carrying Prize awarding ceremony
18.30-20 Finals in Wife Carrying Karoke contens
20-01.30 Wife Carrying dance in the hall

For further information and reservation of the sales stand Sonkajärven Eukonkanto Oy.

You may check out the North American version in the following video:


The Australian version here - gets funnier after the water plunge...
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And to other things.

The following concept album (Aura) by Miles Davis won a grammy in 1990 for the best Jazz instrumental performance. It was produced in 1989 by Danish composer/trumpeter Palle Mikkelborg.

The tracks are labelled in the form of a rainbow.

1. "Intro" – 4:48
2. "White" – 6:07
3. "Yellow" – 6:55
4. "Orange" – 8:41
5. "Red" – 6:05
6. "Green" – 8:13
7. "Blue" – 6:36
8. "Electric Red" – 4:19
9. "Indigo" – 6:06
10. "Violet" – 9:04

Say No to Oil/Gas Explorations...

Big Thunder (Bedagi), late 19th century Algonquin

"The Great Spirit is in all things, is in the air we breathe. The Great Spirit is our Father, but the Earth is our Mother. She nourishes us; that which we put into the ground, She returns to us...."
Source: Earth Prayers
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Give us hearts to understand;

Never to take from creation's beauty more than we give;
never to destroy wantonly for the furtherance of greed;

Never to deny to give our hands for the building of earth's beauty;
never to take from her what we cannot use.

Give us hearts to understand

That to destroy earth's music is to create confusion;
that to wreck her appearance is to blind us to beauty;

That to callously pollute her fragrance is to make a house of stench;
that as we care for her she will care for us.

We have forgotten who we are.

We have sought only our own security.

We have exploited simply for our own ends.

We have distorted our knowledge.

We have abused our power.

Great Spirit, whose dry lands thirst,
Help us to find the way to refresh your lands.

Great Spirit, whose waters are choked with debris and pollution,
help us to find the way to cleanse your waters.

Great Spirit, whose beautiful earth grows ugly with misuse,
help us to find the way to restore beauty to your handiwork.

Great Spirit, whose creatures are being destroyed,
help us to find a way to replenish them.

Great Spirit, whose gifts to us are being lost in selfishness and corruption,
help us to find the way to restore our humanity.

Oh, Great Spirit, whose voice I hear in the wind,
whose breath gives life to the world, hear me;
I need your strength and wisdom. May I walk in Beauty.

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The May 2009 cover of the washintonian: