Estonian folk dance is a traditional and culturally distinct dance form that reflects Estonia's northern European heritage. Known for its calm yet dynamic...
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Danorum (c. 1179). Saxo speaks of Estonian warriors who sang at night while waiting for an epic battle. The Estonian folk music tradition is broadly divided...
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interest, with Estonia now boasting one of the world's highest rates of metal bands per capita. Estonian folk dance, unique to Estonian culture, is a traditional...
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Anna Raudkats (category Folk dance)
February 1886 – 12 April 1965) was an Estonian teacher and folk dance reviver. She wrote several books on Estonian folk dance, occasionally adding elements she...
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Waltz (redirect from Waltz dance)
Walzer [ˈvalt͡sɐ̯]), meaning "to roll or revolve") is a ballroom and folk dance, in triple (3 4 time), performed primarily in closed position. Along with...
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XVIII Celebration XIX Celebration rehearsal Dance Festival Estonian folk dance Estonian Song Festival Estonian culture "Eesti Laulu- ja Tantsupeo SA - XII...
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University of Tartu Folk Art Ensemble (Estonian: Tartu Ülikooli Rahvakunstiansambel or TÜ RKA) is a University of Tartu folk dance group. It was founded...
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Estonia, kanklės in Lithuania and kokles in Latvia respectively) and northwest Russia (krylovidnye gusli). A bowed lyre (Swedish tagelharpa, Estonian...
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performers and venues as traditional folk music. The terms folk music, folk song, and folk dance are comparatively recent expressions. They are extensions of the...
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Helju Mikkel (category Estonian female dancers)
1936–1948 Ambre, colloquially in Estonian Tantsumemm, Memm; 13 March 1925 – October 2017) was an Estonian folk dancer and choreographer. Mikkel was born...
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Baltic song festivals (category Folk festivals in Estonia)
Baltic song festivals (Estonian: laulupidu, Latvian: dziesmu svētki, Lithuanian: dainų šventė) are traditional amateur song and dance festivals in the Baltic...
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Folklore (redirect from Folk Culture)
taking actions for folk beliefs, including folk religion, and the forms and rituals of celebrations such as Christmas, weddings, folk dances, and initiation...
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polskor) is a family of music and dance forms shared by the Nordic countries: called polsk in Denmark, polka or polska in Estonia, polska in Sweden and Finland...
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University International Folk Dance Ensemble is a Brigham Young University (BYU) performing group that performs folk dances from many parts of the world...
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competition Folk dance in Estonia A contemporary dancer performs a stag split leap. Dance partnering – a male dancer assists a female dancer in performing...
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modified design of the Estonian Song Festival Grounds in Tallinn. The Youth Song Festival has sprung up from the song and dance festival tradition. It...
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ethnic group in Burkina Faso University of Tartu Folk Art Ensemble (TÜ RKA), an Estonian folk dance group This disambiguation page lists articles associated...
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saw the beginning of an Estonian national romantic movement. This prompted Friedrich Robert Faehlmann to collect Estonian folk poetry, and Friedrich Reinhold...
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Google Arts & Culture. Retrieved November 3, 2023. "Estonian Folk Costumes". rahvaroivad.ee. NGO Estonian National Costume (MTÜ Rahvarõivas). Retrieved December...
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Heljo (category CS1 Estonian-language sources (et))
teacher and emeritus professor Heljo Tamet (1922–1974), Estonian folk dance pedagogue "Estonian Name Days". Behind the Name. 2017. Retrieved 9 September...
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Laine Mesikäpp (category Estonian women folk singers)
1917 – 5 May 2012) was an Estonian film, radio and stage actress, singer, and prolific collector and cataloguer of Estonian folk music. Laine Mesikäpp was...
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List of classical music genres (section Dance forms)
Spanish dance. Furlana – Fast Venetian folk dance with lively tempo and rhythm. Galliard – Spirited dance in triple meter. Gavotte – French folk dance in quadruple...
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Русский лирический) With the exception of Polka, these dances were choreographed basing on some folk dances of Soviet republics. - Rylio, of Lithuanian origin...
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Torupill (redirect from Estonian bagpipe)
West and North Estonia where folk music retained archaic characteristics for a longer time. Later when the fiddle was taking over folk music a lot of...
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(such as Folk dance) to codified, virtuoso techniques such as ballet. A great many dances and dance styles are performed to dance music. Dance (also called...
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List of music genres and styles (section Folk)
Post-punk Dance-punk Dance-rock Gothic rock No wave Noise rock Post-rock Post-metal Folk rock British folk rock Celtic rock Medieval folk rock Funk rock...
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Jaanipäev (category Articles containing Estonian-language text)
public holiday and one of the most important summer holidays in the Estonian folk calendar. It corresponds to the English Midsummer Day. On jaaniõhtu...
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Anna (name) (category Estonian feminine given names)
Anelie – German Anella – Estonian Anelle – Estonian Anete – Estonian, Latvian Anett – Estonian, Hungarian Anette – Danish, Estonian, English, Finnish, Norwegian...
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Viljandi (redirect from Viljandi, Estonia)
of the 14th century, and is one of five Estonian towns and cities in the league. The once influential Estonian newspaper Sakala was founded in Viljandi...
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years, with the Latvian Dance Festival component added in 1948. During the festivals, exhibitions of photography, art and folk craft, orchestra concerts...
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