Finnish folk song Morsiamen itketys with translation

Lyrics and translation to a finnish folk song Morsiamen itketys (the bride’s weeping) sung by MeNaiset. In the past the karelian finns and some other eastern finns used to have this tradition that before wedding the family of the bride arranged sort of a send-off party for her, and on the morning of the “send-off day“ they first took her to a bridal sauna and then had a “weeping“. The weeping included singing weeping songs to the bride to make her cry and mourn for her old home and family she would soon lo
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