Steam of Life
Miesten vuoro
2010 · Film · documentary · 80 min
Directed by Mika Hotakainen, Joonas Berghäll
Finnish men in sauna, speaking straight from the heart.
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Another difficulty with this question (socialize or meditate?) is caused by the Finnish approach to socializing. Is sitting silently together meditating or socializing? Since Finns can only communicate by text message, this is a valid question.
Ok, ok, just kidding -- Finns can talk plenty! But seriously, in Finnish culture sitting silently together is a legitimate form of socializing, unlike some other cultures. Conversation need not be constant.
An interesting documentary to watch is Miesten Vuoro (released as Steam of Life in English, but literally translating to 'men's turn'). It explores sauna culture on one level, men's emotional lives on another level.
And as ptaipale says below, "In sauna one should be like one is in church" -- my terrible translation of a phrase about a certain traditional attitude toward sauna behavior.