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You are visiting the Estonian folklorists' server Haldjas (fairy, guardian spirit), which was set up in 1995 by the folk belief research group of the Institute of the Estonian Language. Presently, the group and the server have been incorporated under the Estonian Literary Museum. The majority of electronic publications and data corpora in the server are in the Estonian language, which belongs to the Finno-Ugric language family. Estonia is a small country with ca one million people, who speak the Estonian language as their mother tongue.
The server offers a wide range of information on oral heritage, folklore and folk belief, on the institutions actively engaged in folkloristic research in Estonia as well as researchers and research projects. The covered aspects of folklore also include the heritage of other peoples of the Uralic language group. The server features two journals that have been published online and in print since 1996: Mäetagused and Folklore: An electronic Journal of Folklore.
Only parts of the material are currently available in English and/or German; in time the proportion of material in foreign language will grow.
Our news!
BA and MA thesis on folklore studies
On May 7, at 2.15 pm, Ülikooli 16-215 defence of a BA and MA thesis on folklore studies:
1. Helen Kästik, Regilaul kontserdirepresentatsioonis: pärand ja kultuurikirjeldus (juhendaja: Kristin Kuutma, oponent: Janika Oras)
kell/at 15.15
2. Siim Sorokin, Jutustaja - kas hääle andja või hääle kandja? (juhendaja: Ülo Valk, oponent: Taisto-Kalevi Raudalainen)
On June 8, Ülikooli 16-102, at 9.30
1. Maarika Kaldmäe, Kodupaik jutupärimuses: Orava ja Hanikase kooli lood (juhendaja: Ülo Valk, oponent: Ergo-Hart Västrik)
kell/at 10.15
2. Viola Ristisaar, Meleski küla minevik ja tänapäev kohalike elanike pilgu läbi (juhendaja: Elo-Hanna Seljamaa, oponent: Pihla Siim)
kell/at 11.00
3. Mari Suits, Kusagil struktuurides on kallutatud jõud ehk vandenõuteooriate rahvapärane mõtestamine Eesti noorte hulgas (juhendaja: Ülo Valk, oponent: Merili Metsvahi)
kell/at 11.45
4. Marti Mereäär, Muhu olustikulised külalaulud "Muhu lauluvara aktsiooni" materjali põhjal (juhendajad: Janika Oras, Ergo-Hart Västrik, oponent: Tiiu Jaago)
kell/at 15.15
5. Kaisa Kulasalu, Uhkus ajab upakile: Kalamehe ja ta naise (ATU 555) soovidemaailm (juhendaja: Risto Järv, oponent: Kärri Toomeos-Orglaan)
kell/at 16. 00
6. Ingra Küngas, Satanistikujutelmad tänases Eestis (juhendaja: Ülo Valk, oponent: Ringo Ringvee)
SIEF working group The Ritual Year, 6th conference
On June 4-7, Tallinn, Pühavaimu 6
The Societé Internationale d´Ethnologie et de Folklore (SIEF) Ritual Year Working Group has a conference "The Inner and the Outer"
Programme, abstracts and photos http://www.folklore.ee/rl/fo/konve/ritualyear6/
Additional information: mare Kõiva (mare@folklore.ee)
The conference is organized by the Estonian Literary Museum and Estonian Folklore Institute.
Annual conference of the Estonian Society for Study of Religions
On May 28, Ülikooli 16-212 will take place an annual conference of the Estonian Society for Study of Religions
Programme
10.00 Alexander Panchenko "Communists against Superstitions: The Soviet State and 'Popular Religion'" (key-note)
11.00 Pejman Bijan "The Philosophy and Religion of Zoroaster: from Ancient Persia to Contemporary Iran" (key-note)
12.00 Kohvipaus / Coffee break
12.15 Faguna Barmahalia "Changing Socio-Religious Practices and Ethnic Identity: A Folkloric Study of the Bodos in Assam"
12.45 Margaret Lyngdoh "The Role of the Seng Khasi in the Preservation of the Khasi Indigenous Religion"
13.15 Lõunapaus / Lunch break
14.15 Enn Ernits "Aleksander Nevski pühakulugu Vene riikliku ideoloogia alustalana"
14.45 Art Leete "Memmede mäss: komi rahvaliku õigeusu liikumine bursõlõsjas"
15.15 Vladimir Sazonov "Behitsuni raidkiri: mõningad märkused Ahhemeniidide kuningavõimust ja riiklikust propagandast"
15.45 Märt Läänemets "Ülevaade 23.-25. mail Tais toimunud ülemaailmsest ÜRO vesaki tähistamise foorumist üldteemal "Maailma parandamine budistlikus perspektiivis""
16.15 Kohvipaus / Coffee break
16.30 Ümarlaud loengusarja "Religioonid ja ühiskonnad" kokkuvõtteks (osalevad Madis Arukask, Märt Läänemets, Ringo Ringvee, Ülo Valk, Marko Veisson)
17.30 EAUS-i aastakoosolek
NB! Hommikupoolse istungi töökeel on inglise keel, pärastlõunane istung toimub eestikeelsena. / During the morning session the conference will be held in English; after the lunch break the working language will be Estonian.
Conference is supported by the European Union through the European Regional Development Fund (Centre of Excellence in Cultural Theory).
Conference "Talking about Tradition"
"Talking about Tradition" a one-day conference about tradition and change, Estonian Literary Museum, May 31st 2010
supported by the Estonian Literary Museum and by the European Union through the European Regional Development Fund (Centre of Excellence in Cultural Theory).
Aditional information: Jonathan Roper (jonathan.roper@ut.ee).
Programme and abstracts(pdf): http://www.ut.ee/folk/files/Tradition_programme.pdf
Annual meeting of the Academic Folklore Society
On May 27, at 4.15 pm in the hall of ELM (Vanemuise 42) takes place annual meeting of the AFS.
In the programme:
* Katre Kikas "Framing the stories about Kalevipoeg by H. A. Schults".
* Reports.
Information: Ave Tupits, tel 737 7736; Taive Särg, tel 737 7751.
Tuesday seminar on April 25
On May 25, at 12, vanemuise 42-304 Martin Rebane introduces his research on spreading of political jokes in totalitarian societies.
Lecture of Aleksander Pantchenko
On May 26, at 4.15 pm, Ülikooli 16 - 215 Aleksander Pantchenko gives a lecture "La Violence et le Sacré in a Russian Village: The Aqueda (Genesis 22), AT 2401, and the Legend of St. Ioann and Iakov of Meniusha".
Stories in the Night of Museums
The Night of Museums will take place on Saturday, May 15, from 6 pm to 10 pm, with more than 100 museums, including the Estonian Literary Museum, open to visitors free of charge all over Estonia.
This year, the theme for the event is STORIES IN THE NIGHT.
As there are hundreds of stories hidden and stored in the cellars of the Literary Museum, the hosts are looking forward to share them with the night time visitors.
New photo exhibition and poetry book presentation
On May 13 at 4 pm, Aado Lintrop opens his photo exhibition "In the Heart of the Himalayas" and presents his poetry book "Annapurna", issued by the "Ilmamaa" publishing house.
The photos, taken during 2007–2009, display the people, sacral buildings and nature of the various locations in the Himalayas.
The exposition is organised by the Academic Folklore Society and supported by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia.
Mäetagused 44 online
We kindly ask you to read the new issue, Vol. 44 of journal Mäetagused (available at http://www.folklore.ee/tagused/nr44/).
Kärt Summatavet Folk Aesthetics – Ideas and Experience Made Tangible
Aimar Ventsel Sakha (Yakut) Identity and Institutionalised Shamanism
Mare Kõiva What language do we use with pets?
Guldžahon Jussufi Folksy Music as a Part of Estonian Folk Culture
Kanni Labi The Greeting-Song “Viru regi” for the 90th Anniversary of the Republic of Estonia
Aivar Jürgenson Migration and Autobiography. On the Migration and Adaptation of a Voluntary Migrant in Argentina in the 1920s–1930s
Vladimir Sazonov Deportation as an Ancient Tradition in the Neo-Assyrian Empire during 9th–7th Centuries BC
In addition, the readers of the new issue can obtain a brief coverage of the more relevant events and enjoy a book reviews.
