Among the numerous music festivals spread across Europe each year in Europe, there are few which unite and spark an entire country's imagination like Estonia's Song and Dance Celebration. The Song ...

TALLINN, July 4 (Xinhua) -- Estonia kicked off on Thursday a grand four-day song and dance festival to mark its trational heritage, with the opening dance performance of the 20th Estonian Dance ...

Elisabeth Braw is a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, the author of the award-winning “Goodbye Globalization” and a regular columnist for POLITICO. Every five years, Estonians put on an ...

After years of preparation and a series of rigorous auditions, the dance troupes selected to take part in the XXI Dance Festival "Kinship" were confirmed Friday morning. This year's festival will ...

It’s a fair bet that, after eating, all of them will head east to the Estonian capital’s Song Festival Grounds (the Lauluväljak). They might be members of the audience, or singing on the ...

From July 3 to 6, 2025, Estonia will host the XXVIII Song Celebration and XXI Dance Celebration, collectively known as Laulupidu, under the theme “Iseoma” (Kinship). This monumental cultural event, ...

Since its lighting in Tartu on June 15, the ceremonial Song and Dance Festival flame has been making its way across Estonia — warmly welcomed by dancers, singers and well-wishers along the route as ...

People in traditional Estonian folk costumes take part in a dance celebration in Johvi, Estonia on June 8, 2024. More than 1,200 folk dancers from about 100 troops took part in the celebration. (Photo ...

The exciting multidisciplinary performance "Dawn till Dusk" brought together a full house of spectators to the New York Estonian House. The performance fused together dance and musical interpretations ...

On the city’s streets, it’s the same. Everywhere, a significant proportion of folk are sporting outfits which could – at any other time – seem eyebrow-raising. Unusual. Eccentric even. However, during ...