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Year: 2019

Indigenous Languages and Endangered Cultures conference to take place in Hungary

Indigenous Languages, Endangered Cultures conference will take place in november 28–29th in 2019. Call for conference abstracts is open until September the 18th.  The United …

16.07.2019

The 27th song and 20th dance celebration My Fatherland is My Love will take place in Tallinn from July 4–7, 2019

In 2019 Estonia will festively celebrate the 150th anniversary of the song celebration – the first song celebration was held in Estonia in 1869. This summer …

02.07.2019

Call for Applications/Nominations: UNESCO International Literacy Prizes

The 2019 – International Year of Indigenous Languages shares: We are pleased to share with you the call for applications and nominations of the UNESCO …

07.06.2019

Finno ugric films in old Estonian manor

Already second year in a row a small but international film festival FUFF (Finno Ugric Film Festival) takes place in Sänna Culture Manor. It doesn’t …

06.06.2019

Videos of Fenno-Ugria Night showcase at Tallinn Music Week 2019

Fenno-Ugria is happy to publicize the videos of our performers at Fenno-Ugria Night showcase at the festival of tomorrows music, arts and ideas – Tallinn Music …

27.05.2019

The VIII World Congress of Finno-Ugric Peoples will take place in Tartu, Estonia

The VIII World Congress of Finno-Ugric Peoples will take place from the 17th to 19th in June 2020, in the recently opened Estonian National Museum. The main …

06.05.2019

Students of finno-ugric studies gathered at IFUSCO conference in Vienna, Austria

A yearly multilingual conference of students of finno-ugric studies from around the world (IFUSCO) took place from 24th-28th of April in Vienna, Austria. Alltogether 130 …

30.04.2019

The United Nations permanent forum of indigenous issues

Indigenous peoples’ traditional knowledge at the centre of UN annual forum More than 1,000 Indigenous Peoples participants from all over the world will be at …

25.04.2019

"Trilium / Trillium" receives the annual Latvian literary award

On Monday, March 25th in Rīga, the nominees for the 2019 Annual Latvian Literary Award were announced at the bookstore “NicePlace Telpa”. The lifetime achievement …

11.04.2019

UN international year of indigenous languages

Year 2019 was claimed a year of indigenous languages by United Nations. Fenno-Ugria organises many events that are related to the theme of this year.  …

21.03.2019

The Barents Observer: Sami fishers rejoice over court decision in Finland

The Barents Observer: Fishers rejoice over court decision in Finland: «The court has now declared that we Sámi have rights to our culture»  The District …

15.03.2019

Fenno Ugria Night at Tallinn Music Week

For the 5th year Fenno Ugria hosts artists from the finno-ugric music scene at Tallinn Music Week 2019.

13.03.2019