DESCRIPTION: Kardemimmit, the folk music band from Finland returned to the Lotus World Music & Arts Festival http://www.lotusfest.org in Bloomington, Indiana to perform in the 2015 festival. The band consists of four young women; Maija Pokela, Jutta Rahmel, Anna Wegelius and Leeni Wegelius. All four play 15- and 38-stringed kantele (which is the national instrument of Finland) Kardemimmit plays music is based on Finnish tradition, both Eastern and Western.