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The path towards the shores of the river Tuoni become more dangerous the closer he gets to the entrance. Upon his arrival he meets the Maiden of Tuoni, spinner of iron, molder of copper, and weaver of nets who guards from the living seeking to unlock Manala’s secretes. After a set of verbal trials, Väinämöinen gains entrance only to find the words he needs are not there while being taken into a deep sleep by the power of Manala and held from returning to the land of the living.

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Brave and ancient.
He calls in tones of thunder.
Mana raised me from the coffin.
Iron brings me to the dark lands.
Water brought me to Manala.
Fire knows my name.
Still unharmed by pain or sickness,
Still untouched by Death's dark angel.
Help me cross the river oh death-land hostess.
So that I might know the wisdom of Manala.

1. To the kingdom of Tuoni, There to learn the secret
2. There to find the ancient wisdom, Through the ever-rising woodlands,
3. Through the junipers and brambles, To Tuoni's islands.
4. And the Manala fields He Calls aloud in tones of thunder.

Adapted from the Kalevala runo 17

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from Manala, released April 28, 2020
written by Rent Romus

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Rent Romus San Francisco, California

Rent Romus hailed by Downbeat as having "a bold sound, unmistakable sincerity and conviction". A third generation Finnish American born in the great north of upper Michigan and growing up in the San Francisco Bay ,Romus' work on the saxophone has been dubbed “ferocious” by the San Francisco Weekly and “central to the creative music world of the West Coast” by writer jazz critic Frank Rubolino. ... more

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