I took this photo last fall while visitng my father, my brother and his mother near Põlva, Estonia. The following song lyrics are from the #archival recording of Emilie Kõiv (74.a.v.), in #Põlva 1966. ( #Eesti #KirjandusmuuseumiEesti #RahvaluuleArhiiv - Estonian Folklore Archives of the Estonian Literary Museum) The lyrics, a request to the moon to give youth and strength to the body. were put to music by the #Estonian band @tradattack Check out the video in the link in the bio! About Estonian: A #Finno_Ugrik language spoken in Estonia, related to Finnish, Hungerian and several other smaller language groups throughout Northeastern Europe and the many areas of the former Soviet Union. The Finno-Ugrik languages are an Eastern languages unrelated to the other Indo-European languages of the area. Estonia’s unique language and musical culture played a large role in there revolution against the Soviet colonizing forces, often refered to as “The Singing Revolution”. Let’s never forget the power of our voices and unite them always in resistance, healing, and celebration. Learn more at singingrevolution.com Estonian Lyrics: kuukene, kullakene, armas aotähekene, vota minno hindäle! Saas mu kihä kinmäs, jahumatt jaksas! English Lyrics: Dear moon, (lit. Little moon, little gold) sweet dawn star take me to yourself! May my body get strong, and resistant! VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR: #Estonian #English #Garifuna #Spanish #kuu - #moon - #kati - #luna kuld - gold - golu - oro armas - beloved - hínsiewati - querido #täht - #star -#warúguma - #estrella andma - to give - íchiga - dar keha - body - úgubu - cuerpo nooruslikkus - youthfulness -niburei - juventud jõud - strength, energy - érei - fuerza In Estonian -kene is a suffix that builds diminutives from nouns. ex: kuu (moon), kuukene (little moon), kivi (stone), kivikene (small stone) In Garifuna you can form the diminutive, by adding the marker -reü (small/child), ex: vélu (pond), vélu-reü (small pond) #endangeredlanguageartproject #endangeredlanguages #estonianlanguage #garifunalanguage #singingrevolution #songlyrics #voicesunited #estonia https://www.instagram.com/p/BnzV5rxgk6X/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=bun3zuocwpdp














