Traditional dance - Finland

Steps of Letkis (Letkajenkka: You can find the music on youtube)

The people participating in the dance form a line so that everyone holds the person in front of her/him by the waist or shoulders. The steps go as follows (everybody does the same thing)

1. kick to the left with your left foot & step back to the middle
2. kick to the left with your left foot & step back to the middle
3. kick to the right with your right foot & step back to the middle
4. kick to the right with your right foot & step back to the middle
5. jump forward with both feet (just a few inches, or the following persons will soon fall behind)
6. jump backward with both feet
7. jump forward three times with both feet
8. (repeat)