The original name of The Onion Flinging Song was Ievan?Polkka.
"Ievan?Polkka" is a polka (Polka, Polkka) dance song from Finland, a local song of the capital city of Helsinki.
Written in the 1930s by Eino Kettunen to the traditional polka tune of the Eastern European region.
After the song was popularized by the a cappella group Loituma in 1995, a popular version of the song changed the first letter of the title from "I" to "L", which, in addition to their resemblance, symbolizes the song's other nickname, "Loituma". The song is also known as "Loituma's Polkka", which symbolizes the song's other name.
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Loituma is a folk band from Finland. There are four members who form four vocal parts to sing. Their songs are based on more traditional Finnish music. The band gained attention when they participated in the 1997 Kaustinen Folk Festival. Vocalist Anita Lehtola is a charismatic vocalist who has performed in various world music festivals,
Anita's vocals have a runo-song quality (runo-song is also known as "rune-song" or "poem-song"), and the band's songs are also known as "poem-song". "poem-song". Runo-song is also known as "rune-song" or "poem-song", which means ancient Scandinavian and Finnish poetry.
It is a Finnish folk poem in the form of a repetitive poem that rhymes at the beginning.) It is cold and rhythmic, as if it takes us to a land of greenery, far away and just like a fantasy. A well-known version of the song covered by Hatsune Miku is the "Onion Throwing Song".