{"id":69498,"date":"2025-03-06T17:12:52","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T15:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/?p=69498"},"modified":"2025-03-10T11:40:32","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T09:40:32","slug":"narva-finno-ugric-capital-of-culture-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/en\/narva-finno-ugric-capital-of-culture-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Narva is the Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Narva became the Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture on Saturday 1 March 2025, and the opening ceremonies were also covered by ERR.<\/p><p>The author of the report, <strong>J\u00fcri Nikolajev<\/strong>, stressed that Narva is a predominantly Russian-speaking city, but with deep Finno-Ugric roots. Finnic tribes have lived there for centuries and the title of Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture could encourage people of Narva to seach for their roots.<\/p><p>&#8216;Among the people who live in Narva, there are a considerable number whose ancestry is either Ingrian, Izhorian or Votic. It is still a part of identity&#8217;, <strong>Jaak Prozes<\/strong>, Fenno-Ugria&#8217;s advisor, told ERR.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/d01d1c91-2db2-49e4-b982-56d9cf22ea40-474x720.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-69420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/d01d1c91-2db2-49e4-b982-56d9cf22ea40-474x720.jpeg 474w, https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/d01d1c91-2db2-49e4-b982-56d9cf22ea40-263x400.jpeg 263w, https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/d01d1c91-2db2-49e4-b982-56d9cf22ea40-132x200.jpeg 132w, https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/d01d1c91-2db2-49e4-b982-56d9cf22ea40-768x1166.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/d01d1c91-2db2-49e4-b982-56d9cf22ea40-1012x1536.jpeg 1012w, https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/d01d1c91-2db2-49e4-b982-56d9cf22ea40-1200x1822.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/d01d1c91-2db2-49e4-b982-56d9cf22ea40.jpeg 1349w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Katri Raik, Mayor of Narva, and Ekaterina Kuznetsova, Chief Organiser of Narva 2025, holding the symbol of the Finno-Ugric Capitals of Culture, Tsirk. Photo: Aivar Ruukel<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>&#8216;There are a lot of people herre with Finno-Ugric roots, but everyone thinks they are Russian. Some don&#8217;t even know where their ancestors came from. It&#8217;s a good opportunity to find out about your biography and family origins&#8217;, said <strong>Ekaterina Kuznetsova<\/strong>, head of the Narva House of Ingria and organiser of Narva 2025.<\/p><p>There will be plenty of events on indigenous culture in Narva until the end of the year. Previous capitals of Finno-Ugric culture in Estonia include <a href=\"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/en\/soome-ugri-kultuuripealinna-tiitel-laheb-mulgimaalt-udmurtiasse\/\">Obinitsa<\/a> in Setomaa and <a href=\"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/en\/event\/abja-paluojas-algab-soome-ugri-kultuuripealinna-aasta\/\">Abja-Paluoja<\/a> in Mulgimaa.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/54357534567_1c501da381_o-960x720.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-69417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/54357534567_1c501da381_o-960x720.jpg 960w, https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/54357534567_1c501da381_o-533x400.jpg 533w, https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/54357534567_1c501da381_o-267x200.jpg 267w, https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/54357534567_1c501da381_o-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/54357534567_1c501da381_o-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/54357534567_1c501da381_o-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/54357534567_1c501da381_o-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/54357534567_1c501da381_o-1980x1485.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jaak Prozes, Fenno-Ugria&#8217;s advisor, confirms that Fenno-Ugria fully supports the success of Narva as the 2025 Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture. Photo: Barbi Pilvre<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>See the full list of events on the Narva 2025 website and Facebook page. On the Capitals of Culture, see Fenno-Ugria&#8217;s page.<\/p><p>See Fenno-Ugria&#8217;s first impressions of the events on our Facebook and Flickr.<\/p><div class=\"my-12 my-md-16 px-4 pt-6  content-section\">\r\n    \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.err.ee\/1609619756\/narva-becomes-finno-ugric-capital-of-culture\">Narva becomes Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture (02.03.2025, ERR)<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Narva became the Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture on Saturday 1 March 2025, and the opening ceremonies were also covered by ERR. 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