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• Talkoot — (from Finnish: talkoo , almost always used in plural, talkoot ) is a group of people gathering to work together, for instance, to build or repair something. The word is borrowed into Finland Swedish as talko (ett talko, talkot, flera talkon… …   Wikipedia

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• Dugnad — is a Norwegian term for voluntary work done together with other people. In a tradition similar to that of barn raising, community members meet to help an individual, or club members meet to build a clubhouse or get necessary jobs done for a… …   Wikipedia

• Culture of Finland — The culture of Finland combines indigenous heritage, as represented for example by the country s Uralic national language Finnish, and the sauna, with common Nordic and European culture. Because of its history and geographic location Finland has… …   Wikipedia

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• Bee (gathering) — A bee, as used in quilting bee or spelling bee , is an old word to describe a gathering of friends and neighbors to accomplish a task or to hold a competition. The tasks were often major jobs, such as clearing a field of timber or raising a barn …   Wikipedia

• Naffir — Naffīr (نفير) is an Arabic word used in parts of Sudan (including Kordofan, Darfur, parts of the Nuba mountains and Kassala) to describe particular types of communal work undertakings. Naffīr has been described as including a group recruited… …   Wikipedia

• Dugnad — ist die norwegische Bezeichnung für eine gemeinschaftlich ausgeführten Aufgabe oder einer freiwilligen Arbeit mit Bedeutung für die Gesellschaft oder einer Einzelperson. Eine Dugnad wird meist im örtlichen Zusammenhang (oft im Rahmen einer… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Субботник — Такие ленточки выдавались участникам субботника в 1980 х годах У этого термина существуют и другие значения, см. Субботник (значения). Субботник (воскресник)  сознательный организованный бесплатный труд на благо общества в свободное от… …   Википедия