Anna Kokkonen from Finland started playing the violin in kindergarten—but now she creates her own music. In 2009, she started to write folk music with Finnish lyrics, and then she started an acoustic band, according to her website. Her music has since become very popular, and she’s now working on her third album.
Anna has been very inspired in her music and song-writing by the spiritual meditation practice Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa. The peaceful discipline teaches the principles of truthfulness, compassion, and forbearance.
Her website states that she also “volunteers in related human rights work, seeking to end the violent persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in Mainland China.” Listen to the song Kultainen maa.
LISTEN The Golden Land
LYRIC:
A lady is being dressed in the mourning clothes of the prison
An innocent one is being locked inside a inclined cage
In the darkness she still remembers who she is
And she won’t give up on it
With a tear falling, she still tells the truth
The price of a thought is red as blood
You cannot suffocate the heart, she whispers with a smile
Light up a flame in a new candle
They spread from heart to heart
The lights shine behind the bars
Melting the ice on the faces
The golden land
Behind the wall there’s a young father in chains
His face is thin, his skin is white as snow
Silently he waits, since he knows that today his fears will be measured
Choosing between life and death
He raises his head, as the pain won’t make him discouraged
Deep under the surface the heart is beating stronger than ever
Light up a flame in a new candle
They spread from heart to heart
The lights shine behind the bars
Melting the ice on the faces
The golden wings touch the land
We weave the candles wicks together
Tonight the dawn will rise
The trail of tears will disappear
The golden land
The golden land
WATCH Interview: Anna Kokkonen
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