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For the 5th year Fenno-Ugria hosts artists from the Finno-Ugric music scene at Tallinn Music Week 2019. You will hear the latest news of the ancient rune …
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‘Quite incredible’: demand for Indigenous literature goes global
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Indigenous literature has been one of the top-performing categories for local booksellers in 2019, and international publishers are noticing a similar …
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Life, death and preserving tradition on an Estonian island of only a few hundred people
Photographer Jeremie Jung’s “Kihnu, the Estonian Isle of Traditions” is a photo documentary project about an island inhabited by only 500 people in the Baltic …
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Minister of Culture sent greetings to Finnish and Hungarian ministers on Finno-Ugric Day
Today, 19 October, Finno-Ugric Day is celebrated in appreciation of the culture and languages of the Finno-Ugric peoples. The ongoing Estonian Finno-Ugrian Days 2019 are …
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“The concept of freedom in the literatures of Eastern Europe”
The organising committee is Szilárd Tóth (chairman, Narva/Tallinn), Boris Baljasnõi (Tallinn), Enda Trubok (Narva), Roza Krillova (Izhevsk). Co-organisers are Ingrian Finnish Association in Narva, the …
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Non-Russian Languages Being Pushed Out of Schools in Five Middle Volga Republics
WINDOW ON EURASIA: Since the adoption of a Russian law making the study of non-Russian languages in the republics voluntary, 7×7 blogger Nail Gyylman says …
Finno-Ugrian Days 2019
Finno-Ugrian Days belong to the list of CIOFF festivals. Of the estimated 7,000 languages spoken around the world, 2,680 are in danger of disappearing. The fact …
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Finno-Ugrian Days 2019 are dedicated to indigenous languages
The Finno-Ugrian Days 2019 are dedicated to the United Nations’ International Year of Indigenous Languages. Of the estimated 7,000 languages spoken around the world, 2,680 …
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Self-Immolation Highlights Controversy over Cultural Rights in Russia
A national debate on minority cultural rights is the backdrop to the death of an academic in the Russian republic of Udmurtia. Published in openDemocracy Damelya …
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Udmurt Language Activist Mourned In Russia After Self-Immolation Protest
An academic in central Russia died Tuesday after setting himself on fire over what has been reported as an act of protest over perceived government …
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“Did you eat the whole cake?” – a learners experience on studying Estonian
DEEP BALTIC: Estonian has been described as the most difficult Latin-alphabet language for English-speakers to learn. Its fourteen cases, abundance of vowels and unpredictable partitive …
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Russian Scholar Dies From Self-Immolation While Protesting to Save Native Language
THE MOSCOW TIMES: An academic in central Russia died Tuesday after setting himself on fire over what has been reported as an act of protest over …