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Laskiainen 2024
Suzi Archvold demonstrates yarn spinning at Laskiainen at the Loon Lake Community Center in Palo, Minnesota.jpg
Suzi Archbold, owner of Range Print Shop & General Store Primitives in Eveleth, demonstrates yarn spinning on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024 in Palo, Minnesota. (Lorie Shaull / Contributed)
Alana Maijala demonstrates weaving at Laskiainen at the Loon Lake Community Center in Palo, Minnesota.jpg
Alana Maijala demonstrates weaving on a handmade rug loom, part of the Laskiainen Festival in Palo, Minnesota on Saturday, Feb. 2024. (Lorie Shaull / Contributed)
The Hutter Bunch playing at Laskiainen in Palo, Minnesota.jpg
Country Bluegrass group, The Hutter Bunch, plays at Loon Lake Community Center during Laskiainen on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024 in Palo, Minnesota. (Lorie Shaull / Contributed)
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Since it's mostly made of ice, it's a remarkably fast ride! A motion blur of a sledder at the bottom of the hill at the Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024, Laskiainen Festival in Palo, Minnesota. (Lorie Shaull / Contributed)
Laskiainen Queen Grace Paul helping to bus tables at the Loon Lake Community Center in Palo, Minnesota.jpg
Laskiainen Queen Grace Paul helps bus tables. The Palo, Minnesota festival took place on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024. (Lorie Shaull / Contributed)
Sleds propped against a building at Laskiainen, Finnish Sliding Festival, in Palo, Minnesota.jpg
Sleds propped against the Loon Lake Community Center in Palo, Minnesota on Saturday, Feb. 2024. (Lorie Shaull / Contributed)
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A bite of pickled herring at the Kropsu Breakfast at Laskiainen in Palo, Minnesota.
A haiku review from photographer Lorie Shaull
(Lorie Shaull / special to KAXE )
A haiku review from photographer Lorie Shaull
Pickled herring—
a side of sea
in two bites.
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A Breakfast scene at Laskiainen in Palo, Minnesota (Lorie Shaull / special to KAXE)
Serving up Moijakka at Laskiainen, Finnish Sliding Festival, in Palo, Minnesota.jpg
Serving up Mojakka at Loon Lake Community Center at Laskiainen in Palo, Minnesota. This year's festival took place on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024. (Lorie Shaull / Contributed)
The carriage ride at Laskiainen, Finnish Sliding Festival, in Palo, Minnesota.jpg
There were carriage rides outside the Loon Lake Community Center on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024 at Laskiainen in Palo, Minnesota. (Lorie Shaull / Contributed)
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Since it's mostly made of ice, it's a remarkably fast ride! A motion blur of a sledder at the bottom of the hill at the Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024, Laskiainen Festival in Palo, Minnesota. (Lorie Shaull / Contributed)
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Most rides down the hill brought a smile to the sledder at this year's Laskiainen Festival on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024. (Lorie Shaull / Contributed)
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The sliding hill for the Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024, Laskiainen Festival was built along a hill behind Loon Lake Community Center and led down to Loon Lake. (Lorie Shaull / Contributed)
Laskiainen traditions at the Loon Lake Community Center in Palo, Minnesota.jpg
A display of Laskiainen traditions from years past. Many took time to make wishes for good crops on their winter rides down the ice slide. This year's festival in Palo, Minnesota took place on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024. (Lorie Shaull / Contributed)
Sharon Niemi is in charge of making the Moijakka at Laskiainenl in Palo, Minnesota.jpg
Sharon Niemi was in charge of making the Mojakka and said they were crossing fingers that the ice slide would hold up during the warm temperatures leading up to Laskiainen on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024. (Lorie Shaull / Contributed)
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