Promoting folk music and dance since 1974
The Finnish Folk Music Institute aims to advance Finnish folk music and folk dance. Our main activities include research, field recording, archiving, publishing, education and museum work as well as influencing through cultural politics. The Finnish Folk Music Institute is an accredited expert organization of the Unesco Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. Our premises are situated in the Folk Arts Centre in Kaustinen, Finland.
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A guidance note shares good practices on music collections and community involmement
The Guidance note on music collections and community involvement provides instructions and inspiration for different stakeholders working with archive collections, as well as for communities...
Sharing Cultural Spaces cultural heritage exhange project application open
Kansanmusiikki-instituutin toteuttaman ja Pirityiset ry:n rahoittaman Sharing Cultural Spaces -hankkeen teemana on kulttuuriperinnön hyödyntäminen alueellisen elinvoiman ja sosiaalisen ja kulttuurin...
15th Konsta Jylhä Competition enrollment open
Kansanmusiikki-instituutti ja Pelimannitalo ovat vuodesta 2010 alkaen järjestäneet yhdessä kansanmusiikin Konsta Jylhä -kilpailun, jonka finaali käydään Pelimannitalossa osana Kaustisen...