Humppa

He picked it up from German Oktoberfest where the locals used the word to describe the playing of the band.

One form of Humppa dance is related to one-step, which arrived in Finland 1913.

In this kind of humppa, both dancers take a step on each first beat (on "hump") and progress to the direction of dance.

[2] The revival meant that humppa had become the most popular music and dancing form for older people and also for countryside's youth in the Eastern and South-Eastern parts of the country.

Most popular humppa artists from the 1970s include male singers Erkki Junkkarinen, Henry Theel, Mikko Järvinen, Eino Valtanen, Eero Aven, female singers Berit [fi], Eija-Sinikka, Hanne [fi] and bands Tulipunaruusut, Kaisa & Kumppanit and Mutkattomat.