official-estonia: The Estonian Song Festival is one of the largest choral events in the World, a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. It is held every five years in July on the Tallinn Song Festival Grounds simultaneously with the Estonian Dance Festival. The tradition of the song festival was born along with […]
Rakvere is a town in the North of Estonia. Rakvere has a castle, which was built by the Danes in early 13th century. Castle visitors can learn about the life of knights, go in theatrical excursions (led by guides in traditional costumes), practice archery (with bow and arrow), visit the museum, the torture chamber (suggested for guests over 11 y.o.) and the alchemist’s laboratory, try themselves as blacksmiths and potters.
Every day – at 12 o’clock – the castle guard shoots a cannon with a blank cartridge.
A small Estonian song festival creates excitement in Amsterdam
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 this question and came up with an answer – take the song festival to the locals and showcase it right on their doorstep. This idea was the…
languagemoon: ~May vocabulary in Estonian~ 🌸 Mai – May 🌸 Kevad – Spring 🌸 Smaragd – Emerald; Birthstone of May 🌸 Maikelluke – Lily-of-the-valley; One of the two birth flowers of May 🌸 Üheemakane viirpuu – Crataegus monogyna / Common Hawthorn; One of the two birth flowers of May 🌸 Härg – Taurus; One of […]
official-estonia: Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia (Estonian: Eesti Vabariik), is a country in Northern Europe. The territory of Estonia consists of a mainland and 2,222 islands and islets in the Baltic Sea, covering 45,339 km2 of land and water. Estonia is a democratic parliamentary republic divided into fifteen counties. Its capital and largest city […]
official-estonia: Common European viper (Estonian: rästik) is one of the two snake species that lives in Estonia and is the only poisonous snake species in Estonia. You can recognise the Common European viper by it’s signature zig-zag stripe on it’s back.
official-estonia: Rakett69 is an Estonian science competition show, broadcast by Estonian Television and funded by the Estonian Research Council. European Broadcasting Union elected “Rakett69” as best educational TV show in Europe in spring 2012. It also won Estonian Science Communication Award in the same year. The objective of the program is to popularize the natural […]
official-estonia: Here’s a clip of Estonian Royalist Party doing a pagan ritual instead of prayer hour in the Estonian Parliament as a means of protest against the prayer hour. Yes, they lit actual fire in parliament building for the ritual.
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