{"id":102964,"date":"2022-03-14T12:56:25","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T10:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/?p=102964"},"modified":"2022-03-14T12:56:56","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T10:56:56","slug":"estonia-celebrates-native-language-day-with-an-all-day-reading-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/estonia-celebrates-native-language-day-with-an-all-day-reading-marathon\/","title":{"rendered":"Estonia celebrates Native Language Day with an all-day reading marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left p4\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Today, March 14, is Native Language Day in Estonia. To mark the occasion, an all-day Estonian language reading marathon will take place in front of the President&#8217;s Palace in Kadriorg Park. It will last from 6:41 am to 6:21 pm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Estonian President <strong>Alar Karis<\/strong> was the first to read this morning as the sun rose at 6:41 am. During the 12 hour marathon, 70 well-known people from Estonian society will read a text that has been significant for them in their lives for 10 minutes.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;Some may choose poetry, some fiction, some translated literature. Some may read a newspaper article, research, or a Facebook post,&#8221; explained <strong>Rasmus Puur<\/strong>, Culture Adviser to the President.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"s1\">The well-known figures speaking include other politicians such as the Prime Minister <strong>Kaja Kallas<\/strong>, to figures from sport such as <strong>Mart Poom<\/strong>, and even influential foreign nationals living in Estonia such as <strong>Josemaria Cameon Ariza<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"s2\">It is also possible to watch the event online <\/span><span class=\"s3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.err.ee\/1608528922\/otse-emakeelepaeval-eestikeelsete-tekstide-lugemismaraton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">here<\/span><\/a>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"s2\">Source <\/span><span class=\"s3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.err.ee\/1608530980\/gallery-all-day-reading-marathon-underway-at-presidential-palace\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">ERR<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d628.5370804901804!2d24.793832356374473!3d59.43781994243084!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x46929351ff36f1c3%3A0xe536b691704dac23!2sKadriorg%20Build%2C%2010127%20Tallinn!5e0!3m2!1sfi!2see!4v1647255303448!5m2!1sfi!2see\" width=\"635\" height=\"400\" style=\"border:0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Today, March 14, is Native Language Day in Estonia. 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