Mirva Haltia is a Karelian Finnish artivist who lives in Vantaa, Finland. She revives Karelian language and culture with mixed media and focuses on working within the Karelian community. Her art adresses identity, community, healing intergenerational trauma, revival of an endangered language and reconnections to cultural heritage.
This trilingual poem book was written for you rodnoi rahvaz, my kith and kin, who are on a journey to reconnect with your Karelian identity and culture. The Karelian poems in this book are written with the Southern Dialect of Karelian Proper that is commonly called Suvikarjala. Poems...
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