Kindred Peoples’ Day celebrations in full swing

This year’s Kindred Peoples’ Days, with the slogan “Ida-Viru – our Ingria,” are ongoing. Since Narva is the cultural capital of the Finno-Ugric peoples, our focus is on Narva, where many exciting events organized by Fenno-Ugria and our partners take place from 16 to 18 October.

In the beginning of this month on 4-5 October, the Latvian Society organized Finno-Ugric Days in Riga and Ainaži, which were attended by Fenno-Ugria board member and linguist Tõnu Seilenthal, the Ruhnu Saare Lood ja Laulud ensemble led by Kairi Leivo, and Mari artist Aleksei Aleksejev.

On Thursday 9 October, Fenno-Ugria Director Barbi Pilvre and Advisor Jaak Prozes spoke with Juku-Kalle Raid on “Juku Radio” of Radio Kuku about the upcoming Kindred Peoples’ Days, as well as the current status and future prospects of the Finno-Ugric movement. The broadcast is available for replay and provides a good overview of the most important aspects of Kindred Peoples’ Days.

On Friday 10 October, the Karlova Theatre in Tartu hosted a Kindred Peoples’ Days community evening and traditional music concert. Madis Arukask discussed the book “About Us Veps and More” with its author, Alevtina Gongištiga. Performers were Mari Kumõl (Mari), Väike Hellero (Estonian), Yumshan Gur (Udmurt), and Kännu Peal Käbi (Finno-Ugric).

The programme for the Kindres Peoples’ Days celebrations can be seen here.

In addition to Fenno-Ugria, our member organisations and other institutions organise events for the Kindred Peoples’ Days. Some of the events can be found on our website’s events calendar, but the best place to find up-to-date and additional information is on Fenno-Ugria’s Facebook page. We look forward to your enthusiastic participation in our rich programme of events, which will continue until the end of the month.