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Originally the work of art by young Ilmari, who studied at the Ateneum, consisted of five parts. When the Kaustinen youth association house had to be torn down to give way to the Pelimannitalo (“folk musicians’ house”), two parts of the mural were lost or destroyed. This may have happened because the youth association house was used for various activities and, for example, wrestlers touched these paintings when passing by the stage.  The ‘fair virgin’, in particular, was treated carelessly by the wrestlers.

The entire work was in poor shape in 2015, until the Virkkala Tradition Association had it restored by a conservator.