Global Estonian Cultural Days (abbreviated ECD; Estonian: ülemaailmsed eesti kultuuripäevad, abbreviated ESTO) is Estonian culture-related events held, in general, in every four year.
First ECD were held in Toronto, Canada in 1972.[1] In this time Estonia was not an independent country but a part of Soviet Union (Estonian SSR).
Before Estonian Restoration of Independence in 1991, ECD were important events to keep Estonian culture alive.[2]
Events
edit- I ECD (Toronto 1972)[1]
- II ECD (Baltimore 1976)
- III ECD (Stockholm 1980)
- IV ECD (Toronto 1984)
- V ECD (Melbourne 1988)
- VI ECD (New York City 1992)
- VII ECD (Stockholm and Tallinn 1996)
- VIII ECD (Toronto 2000)
- IX ECD (Riga 2004)
- X ECD (Münster 2009)
- XI ECD (San Francisco 2013)
- XII ECD (Helsinki, Tartu and Tallinn 2019)
References
edit- ^ a b "ESTDOCS 08 - The Estonian World Festival 1972". Estonian World Review (in Estonian). Retrieved 7 May 2020.
- ^ ERR, ERR News (28 March 2019). "49th Estonian Cultural Days coming to New York". ERR. Retrieved 7 May 2020.