Estonian culture in the world
Six Estonian female film directors share their intimate experiences and show us that facing pain is an act of freedom. Is it a coincidence that the words “juuksed” (hair) and “juured” (roots) are so assonant in Estonian? Perhaps they share more than a vague sound. Almost all cultures consider hair …
The Pet Shop Boys, the most successful duo in the UK’s music history, was inspired after a visit to an Estonian island of Muhu. The Pet Shop Boys, an English synthpop duo, formed in London in 1981 and consisting of Neil Tennant on lead vocals and Chris Lowe on keyboards, has performed in Estonia on numerous …
Estonian World went to see an annual exhibition by the graduate students of the Estonian Academy of Arts and brings you some of the highlights. The Estonian Academy of Arts, established in 1914, is the country’s preeminent art school – a public university that provides higher education on different art …
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Gaudeamus, the biggest university students’ song and dance festival in the Baltic countries, took place in Estonia’s second largest town, Tartu, over the weekend of 22-24 June; the festival featured more than 4,000 performers from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. More than 4,000 performers from the three Baltic states and thousands …
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The Gaudeamus international song and dance festival, passed down from generation to generation, will return to Tartu after a 12 years’ gap. On 22-24 June, the biggest university students’ song and dance festival in the Baltic countries, Gaudeamus, will take place in Estonia’s second largest town, Tartu. More than 4,000 …
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The Nordic Knitting Symposium in Viljandi will bring together more than a hundred participants from the Nordic countries, Germany, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the United Kingdom and the United States. The native crafts department of the University of Tartu’s Viljandi Culture Academy will host this year’s Nordic Knitting Symposium …
Global knitting enthusiasts gather in the Estonian town of Viljandi Read More »
The Estonian museum of occupations from 2-6 June presented the country’s history at Stanford University in California with a traveling exhibition, titled “Masters of Our Own Homes: Estonia at 100”. The exhibition was organised as part of the Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies conference at Stanford. According to …
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The Estonian exhibition, the “Weak Monument”, at the Estonian pavilion at the 16th Venice Biennale, the international architecture exhibition, examines architecture’s capacity to be political. The Estonian Centre of Architecture said in a press release that the Estonian pavilion curators, Laura Linsi, Roland Reemaa and Tadeáš Říha, “explore the spectrum …
Estonians spend on average more time reading books than any other nation in the European Union. A survey carried out in 15 EU countries between 2008 and 2015 shows that the average time spent reading books ranges from 13 minutes per day in Estonia and 12 minutes in Finland and …
Estonians are the most avid readers in the European Union Read More »
A new exhibition called “Lost Estonian Sculptors: Linda Sõber and Endel Kübarsepp” will open in the Kumu Art Museum on 16 May. The exhibition tells the story of two sculptors who graduated from the Pallas Art School – a former art school in Tartu, known for its distinguished alumni – …
The works of two Estonian diaspora sculptors exhibited in Tallinn Read More »