Estonian National Spring Holidays
14th of March - Estonia's Mother
Tongue Day
· Celebration of the birthday of Kristjan Jaak Peterson, also
known as Christian Jacob Petersohn, our national poet.
· First held in 1996, national holiday in 1999.
· Celebration in our school with a speech contest called
Demoshenes's Coronal
· Celebration mostly in schools and cultural institutions.
Children celebrating
Example of Kristjan Jaak Peterson's
poetry
Cannot the language of this land
In the wind of incantation
Rising up to the heavens
Seek for eternity?
(K.J. Peterson)
Demosthenes's Coronal
Video of a contestant
Easter (Lihavõtted)
· Central feast in the Christian liturgical year
· Bible legend
· It's history goes beyond Christianity
· Easter is a moveable feast. The date of Easter
varies between March 22 and April 25. 2011 date
is April 24th.
Easter videos
Coloring Eggs
Rolling eggs down a hill
Swinging
May the 1st - Walpurgis Day and Night
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