Estonia

Estonia keeps song festivals, island runo-song and smoke-sauna culture.

Music & dance Spirituality & rites Textile & dress Food & cooking

Knowledge in this place

Song and dance celebration

Song and dance celebration

The mass choral festival tradition, inscribed jointly with the Baltic states by UNESCO.

Voru smoke sauna

Voru smoke sauna

The smoke-sauna rituals of the Voro people, inscribed on the UNESCO list.

Spirituality & rites

Kihnu island culture

Kihnu island culture

The women-led craft and song culture of Kihnu, inscribed on the UNESCO list.

Textile & dress

Seto leelo runo-song

Seto leelo runo-song

Polyphonic Seto singing led by a soloist and choir, inscribed by UNESCO.

Estonian rye bread

Estonian rye bread

Dense dark sourdough rye bread baked as a staple of the daily table.