Folk Will Never Die

Viljandi_10, originally uploaded by raycrowley.

We recently went to Pärimusmuusika Lõikuspidu (Harvest Music Festival) at Vijandi, the capital of the Estonian folk music scene. This town of 20,000 inhibit ants plays host to the biggest folk music festival in Estonia every summer, the Pärimusmuusika Festivali in July.

I caught three concerts and a great jam session late on the Saturday night including the beautifully melodic Vägilased who got the crowd doing some wonderfully intricate harvest dances.

The Estonian for 'music' is muusika

( helitöö and noodid are nice words too meaning 'composition' and 'notes')

The Estonian for 'a dance' is tants