{"id":39602,"date":"2021-06-11T13:04:15","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T10:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/?post_type=event&#038;p=39602"},"modified":"2021-06-14T15:18:52","modified_gmt":"2021-06-14T12:18:52","slug":"opening-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/en\/event\/opening-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"Opening ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The opening ceremony is part of the plenary session of the first day of <a href=\"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/en\/representative-bodies\/worldcongresses\/eighth\/\">the VIII World Congress of Finno-Ugric Peoples<\/a>, which will begin on June 16 at 2 pm.<\/p><pre class=\"wp-block-verse\"><strong>Opening<\/strong>\nT\u00f5nu Seilenthal \u2013 Representative of Estonians in the Consultative Committee of the Finno-Ugric Peoples, Chairman of the Congress\n\n<strong>Bagpipes<\/strong>\nKadri Allikm\u00e4e, Kaisa Kuslapuu\n\n<strong>Greetings<\/strong>\nKersti Kaljulaid \u2013 President of the Republic of Estonian\nSauli Niinist\u00f6 \u2013 President of the Republic of Finland\nJ\u00e1nos \u00c1der \u2013 President of Hungary\nEgils Levits \u2013 President of Latvia\n\n<strong>Musical greetings\n<\/strong>Heikki-Rein Veromann (Estonians), Tarmo Tabas (Estonians), Natalia Abrosimova (Erzyan), Maria Korepanova (Besserman), Anna Makeev (Maris), Bog\u00e1ta Tim\u00e1r (Hungarians), Juha Matti Aronen (Finns), Anne-Liina and Katri M\u00fcrkhain (Livonians), Erika ja Nora Kuznetsova (Komi), Pavel Kutergin (Udmurts)\n\n<strong>Greetings<\/strong>\nAnneli Ott \u2013 Minister of Culture of the Republic of Estonia\nIstv\u00e1n Kov\u00e1cs \u2013 Ministry of Human Capacities of Hungary, Deputy State Secretary for International and EU Affairs\nAntti Kurvinen - Minister of Science and Culture of the Republic of Finland\u00a0\nOlga Lyubimova \u2013 Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation\u00a0\nUrmas Klaas \u2013 Mayor of Tartu\n\n<strong>Introduction of the Finno-Ugric coin\n<\/strong>Madis M\u00fcller \u2013 Governor of Eesti Pank\n\n<strong>Introduction of the Congress stamp and the first day envelope\n<\/strong>Sven Suurraid\nEesti Post\n\n<strong>PAUSE<\/strong>\n\n<strong>Report of the activities of the Consultative Committee of the Finno-Ugric Peoples 2016-2021\n<\/strong>Niina Sinkko \u2013 Coordinator of Finns in the Consultative Committee of the Finno-Ugric Peoples\n\n<strong>Greetings from Finno-Ugric peoples<\/strong>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/en\/peoples\/baltic-finnic-peoples\/karelians\/\">Karelians<\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/en\/peoples\/baltic-finnic-peoples\/izhorians\/\">Izhorians<\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/en\/peoples\/baltic-finnic-peoples\/livonians\/\">Livonians<\/a> \n<a href=\"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/en\/peoples\/baltic-finnic-peoples\/votians\/\">Votians<\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/en\/peoples\/baltic-finnic-peoples\/finns\/\">Finns<\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/en\/peoples\/baltic-finnic-peoples\/finns\/ingrians\/\">Ingrians<\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/en\/peoples\/baltic-finnic-peoples\/vepsians\/\">Vepsians<\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/en\/peoples\/saami\/\">Saami<\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/en\/peoples\/baltic-finnic-peoples\/estonians\/setos\/\">Setos<\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/en\/peoples\/mansis\/\">Mansis<\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/en\/peoples\/hungarians\/\">Hungarians<\/a>\n\n<strong>Musical greetings\n<\/strong>Veljo Tormis \"Forgotten Peoples\"\nChamber Choir Collegium Musicale\nConductor Endrik \u00dcksv\u00e4rav\n\n<strong>Greetings from international organizations\n<\/strong>Sven-Erik Soosaar \u2013 Representative of the UN Indigenous Forum\nAlar Karis \u2013 Eesti Rahva Muuseumi direktor\n\n<strong>TSIRK arrives to Tartu\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/en\/discover\/capitals-of-culture\/\">Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture 2021 Abja Paluoja<\/a> \u2013 representatives of Mulgimaa: \nArvo Maling \u2013 Mulgi Elder\nAve Grenberg, Alli Laande \u2013 Institute of Mulgi Culture\nPerformers: Margus P\u00f5ldsepp (accordion), Andro Ojak\u00e4\u00e4r (accordion), Ants Taul (Bagpipe), Folk Dance Group Samm Sassis.\n<\/pre><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/en\/viii-world-congress-hosts-unique-cultural-experiences-in-tartu\/\">Cultural program<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/en\/representative-bodies\/worldcongresses\/eighth\/general-information\/\">General<\/a><\/div><\/div><p>The organizer of the Congress, NGO Fenno-Ugria, announces that considering the current situation caused by the COVID-19 virus, the Congress will be organized&nbsp;<strong>in hybrid form<\/strong>, in-person&nbsp;attendees&nbsp;in Tartu&nbsp;and virtual attendees online. All online participants will have access to plenary sessions and one of the thematic session chosen.&nbsp;Accession to the congress will be via link sent to the connection e-mail. Event content will also be recorded and made available online to foster further discussions after the event has ended, build out a knowledge portal for event participants.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"246\" src=\"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/kongressi-toetajad-partnerid-korraldaja-1280x246.png\" alt=\"korraldaja, toetajate ja partnerite logod\" class=\"wp-image-38685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/kongressi-toetajad-partnerid-korraldaja-1280x246.png 1280w, https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/kongressi-toetajad-partnerid-korraldaja-600x115.png 600w, https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/kongressi-toetajad-partnerid-korraldaja-300x58.png 300w, https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/kongressi-toetajad-partnerid-korraldaja-768x148.png 768w, https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/kongressi-toetajad-partnerid-korraldaja-1536x295.png 1536w, https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/kongressi-toetajad-partnerid-korraldaja-1200x231.png 1200w, https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/kongressi-toetajad-partnerid-korraldaja.png 1628w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 8th World Congress of Finno-Ugric Peoples<br \/>\n16-18 June 2021<br \/>\nin Tartu, in the Estonian National Museum<br \/>The main theme of the Congress will be \u201cCultural landscapes \u2013 language and mind\u201d. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":25465,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"tags":[3301,3242,3251,3291,3286,3245,3259,3246],"event-venue":[3407],"event-category":[],"event-tag":[],"class_list":["post-39602","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-2021-en","tag-fenno-ugria-en","tag-finnic-peoples-en","tag-music-en","tag-person-en","tag-representative-bodies-en","tag-samoyedic-peoples-en","tag-world-congress-en","event-venue-eesti-rahva-muuseum-en-2"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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