kantele

Finnish and Karelian plucked string instrument
Thing music_tradition Q145840
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kantele

Summary

kantele is a music tradition[1]. kantele draws 274 Wikipedia views per month (music_tradition category, ranking #4 of 10).[2]

Key Facts

  • kantele is in the country of Finland[3].
  • kantele's instance of is recorded as music tradition[4].
  • The location of kantele was Karelia[5].
  • The location of kantele was Finland[6].
  • kantele is a type of Baltic psaltery[7].
  • kantele's Commons category is recorded as Kantele[8].
  • kantele's country of origin is recorded as Finland[9].
  • kantele's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Kantele[10].
  • kantele's described at URL is recorded as https://wiki.aineetonkulttuuriperinto.fi/wiki/Kanteleen_soitto_ja_rakentaminen[11].
  • kantele's described at URL is recorded as https://wiki.aineetonkulttuuriperinto.fi/wiki/Playing_and_building_the_kantele[12].
  • kantele's described at URL is recorded as https://wiki.aineetonkulttuuriperinto.fi/wiki/Att_spela_och_bygga_kantele[13].
  • kantele's described by source is recorded as Riemann's Music Dictionary[14].
  • kantele's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • kantele's native label is recorded as kantele[16].
  • kantele's Hornbostel-Sachs classification is recorded as 314.122-5[17].
  • kantele's different from is recorded as kandel[18].
  • kantele's intangible cultural heritage status is recorded as National Inventory of Living Heritage in Finland[19].
  • kantele's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Intangible Cultural Heritage[20].

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Definition and Type

kantele's instance of is recorded as music tradition[4]. kantele is a type of Baltic psaltery[7].

Why It Matters

kantele draws 274 Wikipedia views per month (music_tradition category, ranking #4 of 10).[2] kantele has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] kantele is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Bouzinac · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → Finland
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/50895|batch #50895]]: because of P276"
  2. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of origin → —
    Instance of → music tradition
    Aliases → —
    Different from → kandel
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 5855, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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