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VÄE Päev – A Day for Estonians in the World
A Day for Estonians in the World
This live virtual event is free, pre-registration is required.
Välis-Eesti Päeva tähistamine otseülekandega VABAMU muuseumist.
You are welcome to join in celebrating A Day for Estonians in the World on Nov. 28. The event will be broadcast live from VABAMU, the Museum of Occupations and Freedom, in Tallinn and will be connecting with Estonians around the world.
The focus of this year’s programme will be on Estonian communities abroad in videos. The event is being organised as part of the Global Estonian Programme in cooperation with Vabamu and the Estonian Worldwide Youth Network.
During the day you will get to see the first clips from the collection of films to which we are currently adding. We are gathering Super-8 recordings of get-togethers, birthdays, weddings and other important occasions being celebrated by Estonians living abroad that show how national traditions and culture were upheld in communities abroad during the years of Soviet occupation. We encourage all Estonians living abroad to rifle through their old films so as to share their memories with us in digitalised form. A selection of the films will be shown on ETV2 in a series called 8 mm ELU (‘8-mm LIFE’) and stored in Vabamu’s archives. More detailed information can be found here.
There will be live crosses to Estonian communities abroad during the event. If you would like to send live greetings to any of the participants, mark your interest in doing so on the registration form below. A link to the event will be sent to your email.
https://vabamu.ee/what-s-on/events/a-day-for-estonians-in-the-world
Programme begins at 11 a.m. Eastern
Times shown below reflect Estonia’s time zone.
18:00 |Virtual gathering and live crosses to Estonian communities abroad (MC: Martin Tulit). Welcoming addresses by Minister for Population Affairs Riina Solman, Vabamu director Keiu Telve and representatives of the Estonian Worldwide Youth Network.
18:20 | Live crosses to communities with video recollections.
19:15 | Concert: Duo Ruut (with singalong)
19:45 | Closing remarks
We will choose a song for everyone around the world to sing together at the end of the event. The song most requested by the participants will be revealed (along with its lyrics) during A Day for Estonians in the World week.
You can take part in and contribute to the event via Zoom. We will post the link on our website and on the A Day for Estonians in the World event page (in Estonian) on Facebook on the day.
Please register your virtual attendance here: https://vabamu.ee/what-s-on/events/a-day-for-estonians-in-the-world
Tervitades/Best regards
Ingrid Piirsalu
Turundus- ja kommunikatsioonijuht
Tel: + 372 56464035
Okupatsioonide ja vabaduse muuseum Vabamu
Toompea 8, 10142 Tallinn