The Estonian Song Festival is one of the largest choral events in the world, a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. It is held every five years in July on the Tallinn Song Festival Grounds simultaneously with the Estonian Dance Festival. The joint choir has comprised more than 30,000 singers performing to an audience of 80,000.

Andrew Bodrov

XIII Youth Song Celebration, Tallinn (Estonia) #2

Aerial photography by skycam.ee / Jaan Kronberg   The song and dance Estonian festival tradition has been included in the UNESCO intangible cultural heritage list. The song and dance festival is more than just a summer event that takes place four ...

Andrew Bodrov

XIII Youth Song Celebration, Tallinn (Estonia)

The song and dance Estonian festival tradition has been included in the UNESCO intangible cultural heritage list. The song and dance festival is more than just a summer event that takes place four times in Tallinn in ten years; it is a way of bein...

Andrew Bodrov

XIII Youth Dance Celebration, Tallinn (Estonia)

Aerial photography by Juris Pavlovs The song and dance Estonian festival tradition has been included in the UNESCO intangible cultural heritage list. The song and dance festival is more than just a summer event that takes place four times in Talli...

Andrew Bodrov

XXVII Nationwide Latvian Song Festival

The Latvian Song and Dance Festival is one of the largest amateur choral and dancing events in the world and an important event in Latvian culture and social life. As one of the Baltic song festivals, it is also a part of the UNESCO Masterpieces o...

Andrew Bodrov

XXVII Nationwide Latvian Song Festival, Riga

The Latvian Song and Dance Festival is one of the largest amateur choral and dancing events in the world and an important event in Latvian culture and social life. As one of the Baltic song festivals, it is also a part of the UNESCO Masterpieces o...

Andrew Bodrov

XXVI Estonian Song Celebration "The Time to Touch" - Tallinn

Andrew Bodrov

XXVI Estonian Song Celebration "The Time to Touch", Tallinn

Andrew Bodrov

XXVI Estonian Song Celebration "The Time to Touch"

Andrew Bodrov

XVII All-Estonian Dance Festival, Tallinn, Estonia

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XIX Estonian Dance Celebration

This is the story of time manifesting itself in our ancestors’ heritage and us shaping our time through our own touches, contacts, caresses and impacts.Song and dance celebrations are an old and very important tradition for Estonia and Estonians (...

Andrew Bodrov

XIX Estonian Dance Celebration "The Touch"

Andrew Bodrov

XIX Estonian Dance Celebration "The Touch", Tallinn

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XXV Song Celebration "To Breathe as One" - final scenes

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XXV Song Celebration "To Breathe as One" - conductors

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XXV Song Celebration "To Breathe as One" (second day)