Seto, like Estonian, Finnish and Sámi, is a Finno-Ugric language. The root is Hungarian, which began spreading north around four millennia ago. Although there are between 15,000 to 20,000 Seto people ...

Eyes closed, the repetitive rhythm carries me. A gentle rise and fall, like a boat rocking on invisible waves. From the shadows of a wooden barn, an energetic female voice is echoed by a choir who ...

A new book documents the Seto people's language and contemporary culture, highlighting a small community whose traditions are gaining international attention. This year, the most detailed study yet of ...

Seto Week, which is held in Paris from November 18-25, introduces traditional polyphonic singing of the Setos (Seto leelo), their handicraft, traditions, cuisine, history, language and literature in ...

Seto Lelo Polyphonic singing, Estonian folk costumes, Russian arts & crafts, smoke saunas. In Estonia, Christine travels to the Setomaa region, visits an Seto Orthodox church, meets the indigenous ...

Ando Kiviberg reflects on three decades of shaping Viljandi Folk into one of Estonia’s defining cultural events and living ...