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Ievan polkka" (Finnish for "Ieva's Polka") is a Finnish song with lyrics printed in 1928 [1] and written by Eino Kettunen to a traditional Finnish polka tune. The song is sung in an Eastern Savonian dialect spoken in North Karelia .
Loituma gained great popularity [1] in 2006 when the Loituma Girl (also known as Leekspin), a looped flash animation of an anime girl Orihime Inoue from the Bleach series twirling a leek, set to a scat singing section of "Ievan polkka" from Loituma's 1995 debut album Things of Beauty, [2] was posted in Russian LiveJournal.
Hanni-Mari Autere (also known as Hanni Autere) is a Finnish fiddle-singer, folk singer, and musician. [1] [2] She is a member of Loituma.Autere has become known for the singing freestyle in the song Ievan polkka as a part of Loituma music group which has later become known as a Leekspin girl meme.
In late 2020, Scott collaborated with Turkish musician Bilal Göregen in a remix of Göregen's rendition of "Ievan polkka" that went viral on YouTube. [18] In 2021, he created a song parodying Miriam Makeba 's " The Click Song " to assist people with pronouncing the new names of Port Elizabeth , King William's Town , and Maclear after the South ...
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In April 2007, a Dutch power company used the melody of Loituma's Ievan Polkka in its TV commercial for "ecostroom" (green energy). [10] The Dutch company Artiq Mobile launched a website where people can upload homemade Loituma Girl spoof videos. TV commercials state the best video will win 500 euros. [11]
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