For six years, Estonian World has been there for you. Now we need you to be there for us. Estonian World celebrated its sixth birthday on 5 July. However, the outlet has grown so big that it’s impossible to sustain it without the help of its readers – you. Estonian World is in a critical need of […]
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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 from 25 June to 1
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A London-based group, called the Estonian Folks, organises gatherings for Estonian folk dancers around the world. Members of the active Estonian community in London decided to form their own folk-dance group – to perform at various communal events and represent Estonians in the British capital and elsewhere. According to the group’s main organiser, Marje Remmet,
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“Voices” is a poem by Kaja Weeks, an American of Estonian heritage, that celebrates Estonia’s ancestral rhythms, melodies and spirit in the context of Laulupidu, Estonia’s song festival. Born in the United States as the child of the Second World War refugees from Estonia, Kaja Weeks is the daughter of Salme Parming (1919-2013), a noted
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A newly-founded Estonian startup plans to open the first public smoke sauna in the Estonian capital, Tallinn, by the winter of 2018, and intends to introduce the Estonian sauna culture to more people around the world. The company, Estonian Saunas, was founded by Anni Oviir and Adam Rang from inside a sauna, using their digital
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A Kihnu-themed exhibition has opened in London, presenting images taken by the French photographer, Jérémie Jung, that portray the cultural heritage in the Estonian island. Since 2003, when UNESCO proclaimed Kihnu’s cultural space and traditions as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity, an international interest in the island, lying just over ten kilometres
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Almost 40,000 young singers and dancers gathered to the Estonian capital to take part in the 12th Youth Song and Dance Celebration from 30 June – 2 July. The tradition of the Estonian song celebrations dates back to 1869 and has for long been among the most important ways to carry on the national identity
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Estonian choirs from across Europe took part in a small Estonian song festival in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. By Rein Jüriado, Kaire van der Toorn-Guthan, Agnes Kuusik-Dijkstra. How do you best demonstrate to the world the significance of the longstanding tradition of Estonian song festivals? Three active ladies of Estonian heritage, living in the Netherlands, pondered
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In her first Independence Day speech as the Estonian president, Kersti Kaljulaid covered various topics, but spoke at length about the importance of preserving the Estonian language and culture as well as challenges facing the modern society. She also emphasised the opportunities a modern digital country like Estonia could make use of. Perhaps unexpectedly by
It’s been a long wait – 107 years, to be exact – but Estonia has finally opened its first national museum dedicated to the history, life and traditions of Estonians and other Finno-Ugric peoples. Built on the edge of Tartu on an abandoned Soviet airfield the Estonian National Museum, or Eesti Rahva Muuseum, will open to
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