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Regilaul / Songs of the Ancient Sea

Tuesday October 16, 7pm Estonian House
Film in Competition
Producer: Rose-Marie Schneider / Doc Productions GmBH
Co-Producer: Erik Norkroos
Director: Ulrike Koch
Length: 108 minutes
Year: 2011
Languages: Estonian, English, with English subtitles

 

Ulrike Koch on suutnud läbi väga kitsa regilaulu teema edasi anda laiema pildi Eesti vanast laulutraditsioonist. Filmile ei ole vajalik olnud vürtsi anda läbi metsikute ja paljaste naiste, kes läbi metsa jooksevad.

Songs of the Ancient Sea - www.estdocs.com

Tal on õnnestunud käsitleda midagi olulist, mida tegelikult enam ei ole ja mis samas ikkagi eksisteerib. Regilaulu juured elavad tänapäeval ka folk-rokk bändi Vägilased ja folk-metall bändi Metsatöll loomingus.

Estonians and singing may be synonymous, but how did this come about? The answer may lie in the tradition of repetitive eight-syllable-verse folk songs called “regilaulud” or “sleigh songs”. Renowned composer Veljo Tormis takes us on a journey from shamanism to modernism to discover how this roots music tradition is alive today and still fusing the Estonian people to their natural world.

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