Throat singing has that sort of a conjuring vibe to it, and Finns used to originally be pagans with some shamanistic practices, so it might explain the association.
Also, the funny thing is that there's this joke in Finnish internet culture about the "purest white genes in Europe" where Finns are depicted as Mongolians, lol. The idea isn't actually a new one, because it was part of some Western people's "identity politics" of its time (few hundred years ago or something) to feel superior, probably because Finns have a language belonging to the Uralic family tree which is completely different to the Indo-Europian family. In reality though Finns are genetically mostly classified as 'Northern-Europian', so closely related to other Nordic people. Though it's also true that there's a small component of some Eurasian origin especially with Eastern-Finns, but I can't remember the specifics of what gene and to what exactly it was similar – complicated stuff.
Well, this accidentally turned into an elaborated ramble about Finnish stuff – though it's not the first time it has happened... haha!
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Throat singing has that sort of a conjuring vibe to it, and Finns used to originally be pagans with some shamanistic practices, so it might explain the association.
Also, the funny thing is that there's this joke in Finnish internet culture about the "purest white genes in Europe" where Finns are depicted as Mongolians, lol. The idea isn't actually a new one, because it was part of some Western people's "identity politics" of its time (few hundred years ago or something) to feel superior, probably because Finns have a language belonging to the Uralic family tree which is completely different to the Indo-Europian family. In reality though Finns are genetically mostly classified as 'Northern-Europian', so closely related to other Nordic people. Though it's also true that there's a small component of some Eurasian origin especially with Eastern-Finns, but I can't remember the specifics of what gene and to what exactly it was similar – complicated stuff.
Well, this accidentally turned into an elaborated ramble about Finnish stuff – though it's not the first time it has happened... haha!