Culture in a box

An e-twinning Project
Our flag and arms
Estonian national symbols:

swallow

cornflower

limestone

arms

flag
 Estonia

45 200 km2 1,34 mln people 2010

capital

Tallinn
Population ~500 000
Greetings in our language
 Hello! = tere!
 Good morning = tere hommikust
 Good afternoon = tere päevast
 Good night = head ööd
 Goodby = head aega
 How are you? = kuidas käsi käib?
 Please = palun
 Thank you = tänan
 Sorry = vabandust
 Friend = sõber
A landscape that we love
Estonia is a flat country.
Our highest hill is only
318 m from the sea.
This is Suur
Munamägi (The Big
Egg`s Hill). We have
many lakes and rivers,
forests, islands. We
think we have very
nice country.
Traditions: song and dance festival
We have song and dance
festivals, where sing and
dance a lot of people together.
These festivals were starting
more than hundred years ago.
Traditions: St John`s Day
St John's Eve (Jaaniõhtu) and
St John's Day (Jaanipäev) are
the most important days in the
Estonian calendar, apart from
Christmas. The short summer
seasons with long days and brief
nights hold special significance for
the people of Estonia. Jaanipäev
is celebrated in the night between
23rd and 24 June, a few days after
the summer solstice, when night
seems to be non-existent.
Traditions: Christmas

Christmas is a
holiday observed mostly on
December 25 to commemorate
the birth of Jesus , the central
figure of Christianity . We allso
celebrate the date of the winter
solstice. We decorate our homes
and Santa Claus gives the gifts to
everyone who sings, dances,
reads a poem or do something
else.
Traditions: tug – of - war
Historical fighting is
tug – of – war (köievedu):
one team try to pull or tug
the other team with the
big rope.
Traditions: Shrove Tuesday
Shrove Tuesday (vastlapäev)
is a funny winter day: we are
sledding. Long sliding meens
good flax harvest next
summer. We eat bean or split
pea soup and special cakes
(vastlakukkel).
Traditions: St Martin`s Day and
St Chaterine`s Day
St Martin`s Day
(Mardipäev) is on the 10th
of November and St
Chaterine`s Day
(Kadripäev) is on the
25th of November.
These days are
similar of Halloweens.