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Summer Services  UUTELA/LEINONEN - The Summer Services is the largest annual gathering of conservative laestadians in Finland. |
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The wheelchair racer  UUTELA - Janne Seppälä, world class wheelchair racer from Rovaniemi, Finland. Racer for ten years with three gold medals from the CP-ISRA World Championships .. |
1st of May  UUTELA/LEINONEN - Finnish traditions around 1st of May today revolve around sparkling wine and various other alcoholic beverages. Strap photographers .. |
Arktikum skateboarders  LEINONEN - Parking place for Arktikum Museum in Rovaniemi, Finland has been used by skateboarders for years. It's not a fancy place to ride but .. |
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Simerock 2007  LEINONEN - Northernmost rock festival in the world was held in the arctic circle camping area 5.-8.07. Consisting of three main stages .. |
Midnight sun film festival  LEINONEN - Sodankylä, Finland was the place to be for any moviebuff during 13.-17.06.2007. The festival was held for the 22nd time and this time it offered a .. |
Roilan  UUTELA - Roilan was a free wlan-game weekend for youth in Rovaniemi provided by EU-funded PicyBu project (Participation In Rural Communities .. |
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Round the clock  LEINONEN - Designer students from the university of Lapland set up an fashion show with a 'round the clock theme divided in morning, rush-hour .. |
Jutajaiset Folklore Festival  UUTELA - Jutajaiset folklore festival, june 23. - july 2. 2006. Over a week of performances ranging from live rock music to traditional folk dance performances held in a .. |
My father  LEINONEN - Some people tell you a lot without saying a word, some people have this in their eyes and expressions. This is usually referred to 'being photographic' .. |
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Reclaim the streets  UUTELA - "Reclaim the streets" street party held in may 2006. People chillin' and enjoying free food and live music on a temporarily closed street .. |
Rovaniemi Rock 2006  UUTELA - The second annual "northernmost rock festival in the world", No Sleep At Rovaniemi Rock - held in 7-9th july, 2006. |
Graphic funeral  LEINONEN - Graphic design students in the university of Lapland found themselves in a situation where something had to be done. Teaching staff was .. |
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Cardhouse builder  UUTELA - 8 hours of work and 13000 cards stacked on top of each other. Years of training have perfected his (glue free) building technique and resulted in countless .. |
The reindeer round-up.  UUTELA - The autumn round-up is a part of reindeer husbandry. The reindeer herds are gathered into a corral where reindeers are counted and registered .. |
IKEA opening day  LEINONEN - Haparanda IKEA store opening day was something a lot of people had been waiting for. Whole IKEA deal has sparked some new light on the whole .. |
Summer Services (3.8.2008) The Summer Services is the largest annual gathering of conservative laestadians in Finland. The SRK (The Central Organisation of the Associations of Peace) Summer Services were held, in the Southern part of the Province of Oulu, in Sievi, on June 27th - 30th, 2008. The service location was on a large field area where approximately 70 000 people spent the week. Both STRAP photographers went to the Services area for short stints during work hours. This story is combined of moments encountered during those short hours on assignment. Photographer Petri Uutela Jussi Leinonen |
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