Estonian holidays, festivals, cultural events
continued performance of the song festivals fostered, along with the logistics of moving large numbers of people around the
country, served the Estonians well in their enormous demonstration for freedom in 1989, the Baltic Chain.
The official Üldlaulupidu site gives a route to ordering VHS tapes and DVDs of the song and dance festivals. It also has a
gazillion photos.
here are a few facts about it :
831 choirs with more than 26 000 singers in all
47 orchestras with more than 1600 young orchestrants
alltogether almost 100 000 people, that counts for apprx 8% of Estonian population.
Estonians (though it's a very small country) have the biggest song festival in the world !
The Singing Revolution tells the extraordinary story of the nonviolent path Estonia took to free itself from Soviet occupation.
A documentary film about a nation peacefully standing up for its freedom through song, with the unstoppable dream of
reclaiming Estonian independence.
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