This year’s Heikinpäivä in Hancock, Michigan will be January 29, 2011. It’s like the Finn Camp’s Winterfest, but larger with a parade, Tori market and a icy plunge in to the Portage canal. In 1999, the Finnish Theme Committee of the City of Hancock created a new Finnish-American celebration – Heikinpäivä. The celebration’s themes are taken from Finnish folk saying associated with the name day for Heikki (Henrik’s day, 19 January). By far, the Finns make up the largest ethnic group of Michigan’s Copper Country.
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Detroit Finnish Cooperative Summer Camp Association