Conference devoted to traditional singing
05.11.2018
November 7-9, 2018, Estonian Literary Museum, Tartu. Singing is a universal cultural practice that includes processing of personal feelings and experiences as well as various individual and communal aims in the framework of poetical-musical tradition into a creative, voiced, bodily performance. Hereby the Estonian Folklore Archives of the Estonian Literary Museum is pleased to invite you to participate in a conference devoted to traditional singing with its various personal and communal aspects. We invite you to discuss how songs reflect the mentalities and life of different time periods and have been functioning throughout the times as support for emotional and practical needs of individuals and communities.