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Estonia\u2019s internationally famous Song and Dance Festival is only a couple weeks away. Anyone visiting Estonia, no matter where you go, will likely see at least one person wearing a \u201cnational folk costume\u201d, or the clothing that was traditionally worn in days gone by\u2014rahvariided<\/i> in Estonian. This clothing, however, is more than just a suit or dress from a bygone time. Each person\u2019s outfit is unique to that person, and not just because people have different physical measurements.<\/p>\n
The material used, especially the patterns, is specific to where the wearer is from. You\u2019ll notice individual designs upon closer inspection. Each garment, each item being worn, naturally has a pragmatic use, but its decorative function also tells the story of the wearer. Where they are in life, where they\u2019re from, and who they are. You\u2019re not just seeing a cute, old-style outfit at a large song and dance festival, you\u2019re seeing people\u2019s histories, as individuals, and as a nation.<\/p>\n
Several museums across Estonia have exhibits showcasing their local flavor of national folk costumes. The Estonian National Museum, or ERM, likely has the greatest exhibit of all. At the moment there is a fascinating exhibit at the ERM\u2019s Heimtali Museum<\/span><\/a><\/span> in Viljandi, which focuses on local folk clothing. Visitors can see how fabrics are hand-woven on looms, how lace is crocheted, and even the dyeing process is displayed.<\/p>\n Many guests participating in the Song and Dance Festival will also be wearing their own national folk costumes, be they locals, or international guests. If you need help getting your outfit just right, the ERM can help you, but only for one more day<\/span><\/a><\/span>. At the main event itself, the museum will also have a help tent to fix small \u201cwardrobe malfunctions\u201d. You can read about it in Estonian here<\/span><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Estonia\u2019s internationally famous Song and Dance Festival is only a couple weeks away. Anyone visiting Estonia, no matter where … Read more<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":147824,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[25510,25511,25512,13534,14020,18747],"class_list":["post-147823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","tag-national-folk-costume","tag-estonian-clothing","tag-heimtali-museum","tag-erm-2","tag-viljandi-2","tag-song-and-dance-festival-2"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147823"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":147829,"href":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147823\/revisions\/147829"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}