kaustinen in central finland. nothing special, you might think.ry musical tradition. and it is even popular with the local youth 16 -year-old erkki is your regular teenager - spending plenty of time on his laptop and playing guitar. but his priority - is his violin: - “every time i want to play violin in school or something, a few of my friends are: “oh no, no, don't do it, please don't do it! ” but i think it's normal for my friends nowadays that i listen, and i play some folk music. ” erkki joins the ranks of kaustinen's folk enthusiasts every year for an intense week of rehearsals. open to all, even the youngest fiddle fanatics are invited. participants flock to the festival from all over finland. - "even though the rehearsals are long, the children pick up their instruments again when they get home in the evening. they just keep practising. " in many places, the traditional fiddle is dying out - but not in kaustinen. - “if kaustinen would have not had this kind of reputation, and all the activities concerning music and heritage and folk dance

kaustinen in central finland. nothing special, you might think.ry musical tradition. and it is even popular with the local youth 16 -year-old erkki is your regular teenager - spending plenty of time on his laptop and playing guitar. but his priority - is his violin: - “every time i want to play violin in school or something, a few of my friends are: “oh no, no, don't do it, please don't do it! ” but i think it's normal for my friends nowadays that i listen, and i play some folk music. ” erkki joins the ranks of kaustinen's folk enthusiasts every year for an intense week of rehearsals. open to all, even the youngest fiddle fanatics are invited. participants flock to the festival from all over finland. - "even though the rehearsals are long, the children pick up their instruments again when they get home in the evening. they just keep practising. " in many places, the traditional fiddle is dying out - but not in kaustinen. - “if kaustinen would have not had this kind of reputation, and all the activities concerning music and heritage and folk dance

kaustinen in central finland. nothing special, you might think.ry musical tradition. and it is even popular with the local youth 16 -year-old erkki is your regular teenager - spending plenty of time on his laptop and playing guitar. but his priority - is his violin: - “every time i want to play violin in school or something, a few of my friends are: “oh no, no, don't do it, please don't do it! ” but i think it's normal for my friends nowadays that i listen, and i play some folk music. ” erkki joins the ranks of kaustinen's folk enthusiasts every year for an intense week of rehearsals. open to all, even the youngest fiddle fanatics are invited. participants flock to the festival from all over finland. - "even though the rehearsals are long, the children pick up their instruments again when they get home in the evening. they just keep practising. " in many places, the traditional fiddle is dying out - but not in kaustinen. - “if kaustinen would have not had this kind of reputation, and all the activities concerning music and heritage and folk dance