Hamina Army
Tattoo Concert in Hamina 2008
Kaartin Soittokunta / The Guard band of Finnish Army
Оркестр гвардии Армии Финляндии
Hamina Tattoo 2008
Фестиваль в Хамине 2008
Ankkurit ylös (Anchors Aweigh)
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Hamina_Tattoo_2010.mp4
Hamina Tattoo 2010. Kansainvälinen Sotilasmusiikkitapahtuma Haminassa. Tattooparaati to 5.8.2010 Raatihuoneen torilla.
The International Military Music Event in Hamina, Finland. The Tattoo-parade at the City Hall Square 5.8.2010.
Hamina Tattoo 2008 - Livgardets Dragonmusikkår 1
Livgardets Dragonmusikkår (mounted band) from Sweden playing The Finnish Cavalry March
2015 VIT, The Guards Band of the Finnish Defense Forces
Part 12
Hamina Tattoo 2010 - Finnish Navy Band & Satakunta Military Band
Finnish Navy Band and Satakunta Military Band playing He's a Pirate from the movie Pirates of the Caribbean. Unfortunately the quality of clip is not the best possible.
PARADE ARTILLERIE HAMINA TATTOO
Hamina Tattoo 2008 - Livgardets Dragonmusikkår 2
March is Marsch der Hannoverschen Garde-Husaren. Comp. Johan Christian Bach.
Northern Band of the Royal Swedish Army
The Northern Band of the Royal Swedish Army performs at Hamina Tattoo in Finland in 1996.
Hamina valojen yö 2011
Holiday in Hamina (Finland).
In honor of signing a peace treaty with Russia.
Or just light the night.
Very Interestingly holiday.
Welcome to the next year on our holiday!
16.09.2011.
The United Military School band St.-Petersburg
Hamina Tattoo 2006.
Объединенный оркестр военных учебных заведений. Оркестр Кадетского ракетно-артиллерийского корпуса, дирижер Сергей Вовк, оркестр Морского корпуса Петра Великого, дирижер Сергей Ежов.
Eurovision Military Tattoo - Marching out to Ding a dong
The Finnish military marching out to Ding, Ding a Dong at the Eurovision Military Tattoo, Senate Square, Helsinki.
Spirit of Samurai 2014 Helsinki- 1:31 sec
武士の世界
SPIRIT OF SAMURAI 2014 Helsinki
-Tradition, Soul & History
The Kansai Japan-Finland Society, Japan Airlines, City of Helsinki, the Finnish Equestrian Federation and the Embassy of Japan, Helsinki are jointly planning to organize a remarkable event, called the Spirit of Samurai 2014.
The events begin on Friday 11.4. at the Finnish National Museum with Spirit of Budo --exhibition. On Saturday 31.5. an ŌMATOSHIKI archery ceremony and Chado --Way of Tea tea art event will take place in Suomenlinna.
The events culminate on Sunday 1.6. at 13.00 and 18.00 on Laakso hippodrome in two ceremonies of Yabusame, samurai mounted archery. A limited number of tickets free of charge will be available for public in May. Companies and associations have a possibility to bring their key customers and VIP stakeholders to the event.
TRADITION
流鏑馬
YABUSAME -- Samurai Horseback Archery
Sunday 1.6.2014 13:00 & 18:00
Laakso hippodrome, Helsinki
Yabusame ceremony is one of the finest and oldest Japanese samurai martial arts, which goes back to Kamakura period (12th-13th Centuries). Archers of the Ogasawara family dressed in traditional samurai outfits shoot special arrows on three targets riding galloping horses.This is the first time the ceremonies are performed in the Nordic countries.
大的式
ŌMATOSHIKI --Archery Ceremony
Saturday 31.5.2014 at 14.30
Suomenlinna, Helsinki
Ōmatoshiki, an archery ceremony that lasts over an hour, is an important part of the samurai tradition. A group of samurais perform the ceremony without horses and according to an over thousand year old tradition. Ogasawara family has succeeded the tradition of the ceremony since the beginning of Minamoto Yoritomo's samurai shogunate.
SOUL
茶道
CHADŌ - The Way of Tea
Saturday 31.5.2014 at 13:00 & 16:00, Suomenlinna, Helsinki
Japanese tea ceremonies at Suomenlinna and at Laakso Hippodrome reveal the Japanese soul. Traditionally tea ceremony was popular among the samurai and it developed along with samurai culture. Sen no Rikyu, Urasenke's first grand master was one of the tea instructors of Oda Nobunagan and Toyotomi Hideyoshi who promoted the unification of Japan.
HISTORY
武道の精神
SPIRIT OF BUDŌ,
THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF FINLAND
11.4.-8.6.2014
The exhibition introduces the history of Japanese martial arts -- from Bujutsu techniques to
popular sports as well as physical exercises used for controlling body and soul (Budo).
Both historical weapons, replicas and original bows and harnesses, and materials and photographs of popular sports and practices such as Kendo, Judo and Sumo are being displayed at the exhibition. The exhibition has been previously in India, Thailand, many European countries, Russia, Turkey, the United States, Canada and South America.
Video:
Harjula Production / Heikki Mäenpää & Production Team
Music:
Footsteps (Mäenpää)
Permission for still pictures ja video clips: The Kansai Japan-Finland Society
More information: spiritofsamurai.com
2015 VIT 4.25 The Guards Band of the Finnish Defense Forces
Jaeger Marchh; The Sprout of Spring; Spring; Ahma-Wolverine; Autumn Leaves; Winter Games; Honor March of the Guards
vatattoo.org
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim was the hero of Finland in the first half of the 20th century. The story of his life shows a man who would do anything for his country and her liberty.
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Script:
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim - was he one of the greatest military leaders of the Axis or a heroic liberator of the Finns? Well, … he was both.
Mannerheim was born on June 4th, 1867 in Finland. Well, it was part of the Russian Empire at the time, but that was soon to change. In 1882, he was sent to the Hamina Cadet School where he was expelled 4 years later, just before graduation.In 1891, he joined the Russian Army.
One year later, Mannerheim met the love of his life: Anastasia Arapova. They had two children then got divorced in 1919. I guess she wasn’t the love of his life… Now in the army, he was sent to Mongolia then China then Tibet where he got attacked by monks. Not long after he got back home, he was sent to fight in the Great War. He returned to Finland in 1917 just in time for the Russian Revolution!
During the Revolution, he decided to break off from Russia, but couldn’t escape the Communists. A mini revolution broke out in Finland, but here, the Whites won! Mannerheim didn’t like the political division after the war, so he often went hunting in Asia (and made sure to avoid the Soviet Union). When he did get involved, he got into arguments and resigned. Often.
In 1939, Soviet-Finnish relations became very bad (they invaded). Now 72 years old, Mannerheim became Commander-in-Chief of Finland. He ordered a defensive line against the Soviets and attempted to fight the invasion in November of 1939. The Winter War went very poorly for the Soviets, despite their victory. The Finns decimated the Soviet troops, inflicting three to four hundred thousand casualties to their seventy thousand. Eventually, the Soviets had more troops than the Finns had bullets, so they ceded a large chunk of their territory the following March.
Finland was not happy with this. In 1941, the Nazis launched Operation Barbarossa, invading the Soviet Union. Mannerheim saw this as the chance to take back the stolen territory. Mannerheim did NOT want to be associated with Hitler or the Nazis, so he declined Adolf’s offer of 80 thousand German troops. Mannerheim then led the country in the Continuation War. Finnish troops were able to retake lost land and even help siege Leningrad. On his 75th birthday, Mannerheim received the title of Marshal of Finland (and is still the only holder of that honour). He also got a not as good birthday present in the form of a visit from Hitler. In their meeting, Mannerheim supposedly lit a cigar simply because everyone knew how much Hitler hated smoking. To make sure he retained German support, Mannerheim knew he had to agree to the pact demanded by Ribbentrop (the Nazi foreign minister). Mannerheim refused to sign it, though, so he was able to revoke it as soon as he became president. Alas, the Red Army made a massive push in 1944. Although this time Finnish losses were at about 200 thousand, Soviet losses were around 900 thousand. Again, Finland lost to the endless Red Army.
The Moscow Armistice (which ended the Continuation War) said that Germans had to be kicked out of Finland, leading to yet another war: the Lapland War. This time, Finland actually won! After World War Two ended, Mannerheim was worried he would be lumped in with the Nazis. Luckily, that never happened. Mannerheim resigned in 1946 as a hero. Not only did those loyal to Finland love him, even Finnish Communists loved him. Joseph Stalin, his arch-enemy, respected his leadership and even said that Finland owed its independence to Mannerheim.
Mannerheim died on January 27, 1951. Up until his death, he wrote his memoirs, though they were mostly about Finland. Today, Mannerheim is revered in Finland and seen as a national hero. Although he sided with the wrong people during World War Two, he wasn’t remembered for his mistakes, but for his contributions to his country and her liberty. Mannerheim may in fact be the only Axis leader not worthy of being called “the bad guy”.
Basel_Tattoo_2012_Conscript Band of the Finnish Defence Forces, Finnland-P1270563
The Finnish Defence Forces' Day Lappeenranta
By CommonSnipe with Nikon D3300.
The Guards Band of the Finnish Defence Forces at the 2015 VIT!
The Guards Band of the Finnish Defence Forces will be performing in the 2015 Virginia International Tattoo!