21:33 Oh no! They're here again!

The unruly mob known as the festival audience has filled the streets of this little quiet North Karelian hamlet known as Joensuu. The noisy hoard of drinking youngsters have started to camp outside every single shop selling alcoholic beverages. They've all got 12 packs of beer known as Mäyräkoira i.e Dachshund. The name comes from the shape of the pack.

You can't drive anywhere in your car as all of the roads are full of long haired idiots. The bottles get broken and then stashed in the nearby bushes.

An allmighty racket coming from boom boxes fills the air. There's drunks lying about EVERYWHERE. Somebody feels sick or has to wee really badly.

Paper plates and plastic glasses have been thrown all over the place. There's a bicycle hanging from a balcony of a block of flats. The noice in the hallway carries into the small hours.

The town is definitely not quiet anymore. The stream of people headed for Laulurinne seems endless.

It's going to be like this for whole two days.

Sari Sudensalmi klo 12.00 on Saturday
Translation: Lärwi xxx
Kuva: Riikka Kurki

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