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Sauna Spirit
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«Saunan Henki» is hand-crafted stone statue made of Finnish steatite by Arvid Saarinen. Place him on your sauna stove. When he gets hot and you pour «löyly» water in his mouth, he will start his stories. |
Every genuine Finnish sauna
has it's own Sauna Spirit.
Even yours!
«Do you believe in Santa Clause?»
«You know Santa is living in
Korvatunturi - Earmountain
in Finnish Lappland.»
Few years ago I was on my ski vacation at Ruka in Finnish Lappland
with my youngest son Matti, his friend Petsu and our native guide Aslak.
During our 540 km (375 mi) skidoo safari we spent the night outdoors
in a so called «sky open Igloo» as Aslak called it.
Sitting at our early
morning (1:30 a.m.) «makkara» and bear dinner table
in the light and heat of «Lapin tuikku» we were listening Aslaks'
stories about miraculous native Lapp-people and
their love of
nature.
«You know that Santa was
born 10.000 years ago in Korvatunturi
and what is more amazing is that at the same day and that same moment
his best friend Sauna Spirit appeared.
Since then those two fellows have taken care
of the two most important things in human life:
...the love and hope in children's pure minded imaginations
without any boarders around the world
at Xmas
...purifying human's body, soul and mind
in every genuine Finnish Sauna
through out the world»
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By the way, after 3 o'clock
in the morning when the sky was |
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