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Estonian Song and Dance Celebrations

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 joint choir has comprised more than 30,000 singers performing to an audience of 80,000.

XIII Youth Song Celebration, Tallinn (Estonia)

The song and dance Estonian festival tradition has been included in the UNESCO intangible cultural heritage list. The song and dance festival is more than just a summer event that takes place four times in Tallinn in ten years; it is a way of bein...

XIII Youth Dance Celebration, Tallinn (Estonia)

Aerial photography by Juris Pavlovs The song and dance Estonian festival tradition has been included in the UNESCO intangible cultural heritage list. The song and dance festival is more than just a summer event that takes place four times in Talli...

XXVI Estonian Song Celebration "The Time to Touch" - Tallinn

XXVI Estonian Song Celebration "The Time to Touch", Tallinn

XXVI Estonian Song Celebration "The Time to Touch"

XVII All-Estonian Dance Festival, Tallinn, Estonia

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XIX Estonian Dance Celebration

This is the story of time manifesting itself in our ancestors’ heritage and us shaping our time through our own touches, contacts, caresses and impacts.Song and dance celebrations are an old and very important tradition for Estonia and Estonians (...

XIX Estonian Dance Celebration "The Touch"

XIX Estonian Dance Celebration "The Touch", Tallinn

XXV Song Celebration "To Breathe as One" - final scenes

XXV Song Celebration "To Breathe as One" - conductors

XXV Song Celebration "To Breathe as One" (second day)

XXV Song Celebration "To Breathe as One" (second day)

XXV Song Celebration "To Breathe as One" (second day)

XXV Song Celebration "To Breathe as One" (first day)