{"id":26,"date":"2024-02-17T13:29:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-17T13:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hannikainen.net\/lonnroots\/?page_id=26"},"modified":"2024-02-17T13:29:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-17T13:29:00","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hannikainen.net\/lonnroots\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lonnroots.com\/en\/files\/2015\/06\/lo-25CC-2588nnroots-264x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-84\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Who?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>L\u00f6nnroots is both a documentary group and a Finno-Ugric folk band from Finland. Its members are Juho Hannikainen, Jaani Leinonen and Jonne Putkonen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We make documentaries on Finno-Ugric cultures. While filming, our aim is also to plunge in to the culture as much as humanly possible: we\u2019re eager to get involved with the community, and learn the local language. The more we learn, the merrier. Eventually we\u2019re going to create a new folk song using only learnt language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Why?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many Finno-Ugric languages and cultures are severely endangered. Our aim is to learn and document the current state of the Finno-Ugric world: what is its history, where are its roots, and what are the future prospects of the language(s) and the culture(s).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Why L\u00f6nnroots is both a doc group and a band?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In many cases music is the key to the culture, and local sounds are keeping the language alive. By entering the culture&nbsp;through its music, we get a grip of the culture itself. Needless to say, learning a new language and trying to compose a whole new piece is extremely challenging and hilariously funny at the same time. At the end of our trip we\u2019re going to perform our brand new folk song to locals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Where does the name \u201dL\u00f6nnroots\u201d come from?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elias L\u00f6nnrot is the father of the Finnish epic, Kalevala. He also traveled quite a bit back in the day, and made most of his trips from Kajaani. Accidentally, we originate from Kajaani, too. What a coincidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Who produces this?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>L\u00f6nnroots is an autonomous part of Vaara-kollektiivi, a performance arts group based in Kajaani, Finland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>When will we see more documentaries?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We aim to do more if (when!) we get a shoestring funding to film (meaning grants or production houses behind us). It might take years, but hopefully sooner than later!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who? L\u00f6nnroots is both a documentary group and a Finno-Ugric folk band from Finland. Its members are Juho Hannikainen, Jaani Leinonen and Jonne Putkonen. What? We make documentaries on Finno-Ugric cultures. While filming, our aim is also to plunge in to the culture as much as humanly possible: we\u2019re eager to get involved with the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-26","page","type-page","status-publish","czr-hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hannikainen.net\/lonnroots\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hannikainen.net\/lonnroots\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hannikainen.net\/lonnroots\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hannikainen.net\/lonnroots\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hannikainen.net\/lonnroots\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hannikainen.net\/lonnroots\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27,"href":"https:\/\/www.hannikainen.net\/lonnroots\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions\/27"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hannikainen.net\/lonnroots\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}