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30 JUNE – 2 JULY IN TALLINN XIII YОUTH SONG FESTIVAL «Holy Is thE LANd» The Estonian Song Festival is a 150-year-old tradition, which is also included in the UNESCO list of intangible cultural heritage. The celebration takes place 4 times per Between the opening and closing decade and always gets a lot of attention, ceremonies, different choirs and both nationwide and internationally. orchestras take the stage by genre Starting this year, the day of the Song and perform works by Estonian Festival is a flag day in Estonia. authors carefully selected for the program by the artistic committee. Approximately 100,000 people will gather at the Tallinn Song Festival The XIII Youth Song and Dance Grounds, and hundreds of thousands Festival carries the common motto of people from all over the world will "Holy is the land". Holy is a word that participate through the media. we don't use very often in everyday Estonian. This word is mostly used The Estonian President, members in very special occasions, such of the government and parliament as when we talk about our native of the Republic of Estonia and language, home and our traditions. the diplomatic corps always take part in the Song Festival. The XIII Youth Song Festival will take place on July 2, starting at 2:00 p.m. The main concert of the song festival at the Tallinn Song Festival Grounds. lasts approximately 6 hours in total. It is preceded by a joint festive and In the beginning and at the end of the cheerful procession of all participants concert, all participating choirs perform from the center of Tallinn. on the stage, with approximately 20,000 singers and musicians.