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BITS OF CULTURE - Finland |
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Official language:
Finnish
Swedish
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Potato is the staple food, served with various fish or meat
sauces.
- Some traditional meals include game: snow grouse, reindeer
stew, glow fired salmon or raw pickled salmon.
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- A traditional bride-to-be walks door-to-door with a pillowcase,
to receive her wedding presents. An older, married man walks
with her, holding an umbrella or parasol to cover her. This
pre-wedding tradition a symbol of protection and shelter
for the new bride.
- There are more than 40 kinds of mushrooms grown and eaten
in Finland.
- There's more cell phones per capita in Finland than in
any other country in the world.
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