Logo of the 2nd Song Festival, in Tartu, 1879. That the date is an 'anagram' of that of the French Revolution in 1789 is pure coincidence.

Modern building at the Tartu maantee end of Laulupeo, Tallinn.

Belle Époque (1911) doorway in Laulupeo, Tallinn.

Street signage indicating city center road closures for the Song Festival in July, 2025. Caveat Auriga.

the average #Brit knew 4.74 words ad nauseam of #AuldLangSyne. Rare in Tallinn, street hasn’t changed its name once since creation in 1921 (#KNAB) although #TAAK says it was built for the VIIth song festival in 1910, making it even longer. Singing means something to Estonians...
#Songs #Laulud
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#Viisi (Viis)
Looks like a loan word from #French vis, but derived from #MLG wise, meaning (as well as mode, fashion, way, manner…) melody, tune or air, which, next to #Lauliku, it is. Note too that viis:viie means 5.
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Pääsküla
#Poetry #Luule
#Songs #Laulud

First named as #Koidula (1926-1959) with whom #Liiv also, shall we say, identified. Briefly named #Tähelennu (1959-1960), shooting-star or space flight, the space race was on, and changed to this in 1960, along with its parallel of #Lauliku, so ‘verse’ it is.
#Poetry #Luule
#Songs #Laulud
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